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The Indictment in the Fort Hood Bomb Plot Case (United States v. Abdo)
The indictment in United States v. Abdo, alleging a plot to bomb a restaurant in the Killeen area frequented by soldiers from Fort Hood, is available here. -
Drake Sentencing Transcript
Over at Secrecy News, Steve Aftergood writes: The government’s treatment of former National Security Agency official Thomas Drake was abusive and akin to acts of British tyranny in pre-Revolutionary War ... -
Material Support to ... Transnational Criminal Organizations?
I've written a lot over the years about the way law responds to changing practical phenomena such as the emergence of non-state actors as a strategic threat, ala al Qaeda, as have many others. This vein... -
The Narcotics/Weapons/Transnational Organized Crime Nexus
There are few topics more slippery--and more emblematic of the current age--than the intersection of transnational organized crime, narcotics, illicit arms, and violent non-state actors. On that front, ... -
Consensus at the HASC Hearing on the Need for Flexibility?
I came away from today's HASC hearing much more optimistic about the future course of our detention/prosecution policy than I had been coming in, as there were signs of what I hope will become consensus ... -
Today's HASC Hearing
Today's House Armed Services Hearing on "Ten Years After the 2001 AUMF: Current Status of Legal Authorities, Detention, and Prosecution in the War on Terror" included testimony from the following witness... -
My Testimony on Detention/Prosecution Policy for Tomorrow's HASC Hearing
On Tuesday morning, the House Armed Services Committee is holding a hearing titled "Ten Years After the 2001 AUMF: Current Status of Legal Authorities, Detention, and Prosecution in the War on Terror." ... -
Thoughts on Gul
I have now had a chance to read Gul, the other D.C. Circuit case that came down on Friday. Gul establishes a proposition that, in my opinion at least, should be pretty obvious: that Guantanamo habeas jur... -
Thoughts on Al Alwi
I normally have a pretty good read on the D.C. Circuit in habeas cases. Not this time. Al Alwi, one of the decisions which Wells posted yesterday, took me rather by surprise. To be true to what I wrote ... -
D.C. Circuit Opinions in Al-Alwi and Gul
Today, the D.C. Circuit handed down opinions in two detainee cases, Al-Alwi v. Obama and Gul v. Obama. *** -
Washingtonian Profile of DOJ Leaks Prosecutor
Shane Harris of Washingtonian magazine has a lengthy profile on the magazine's web site of William Welch, who is the Justice Department's point man on leaks cases. -
Since When Is the President Supposed to Enforce Unenacted Statutes?
Earlier today, Raffaela noted a letter, sent by the Chairs of various House Committees to the President, regarding the latter’s approach to the Warsame case. Unsurprisingly, the letter critiqued the Adm...
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