The following State Department teleconference on Libya took place the other day: Office of the Spokesperson Background Conference Call With Senior State Department Officials Washington, DC October 9, ...

In today's New York Times is this article by Ben Weiser about some information that has come to light in a memorandum written by District Court Judge Kevin Thomas Duffy this week.

Earlier today, lawyers for Abdullah Bin Omar Al-Hajji moved to dismiss his appeal to the D.C. Circuit voluntarily, and without prejudice.

Here's the latest fromthe Washington Post,on the Espionage Act, Intelligence Identities Protection Act, and false statements case against John Kiriakou, the former CIA officer who helped capture Abu Zuba...

Two more amicus briefs were filed, today and yesterday, respectively, in the case of Al-Nashiri v. MacDonald.

The Wall Street Journal reports  (paywall, sorry) that France is considering a slate of new antiterrorism laws, including at least one prevention-oriented measure that appears to track 18 U.S.C.

Don't miss this excellent piece, over at the Volokh Conspiracy, by Stewart Baker about the opportunity created by the poor cybersecurity habits of hackers.

Yesterday, we promised to be in attendance during today's argument session in Khairkhwa v. Obama And this morning, yours truly sat through two standard-issue D.C.

A reminder that tomorrow morning will see argument before the D.C. Circuit in the case of Khairkhwa v. Obama.  In short, the case concerns a Taliban functionary who claims to have played a civilian---not...

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court decided not to review the case of Suleiman v. Obama.  No surprise there; the justices hardly seem to wish to wade into detention issues these days.