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Last week, we brought you the first sets of filings in Moath Hamza Ahmed Al Alwi's petition for a writ of certiorari.
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Two new amicus briefs concerning the petition for a writ of certiorari in Latif. The first is on behalf of thirteen retired federal judges, who offer four main arguments:
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The government filed its opposition to cert in the case of Moath Hamza Ahmed Al Alwi--a Guantanamo habeas petitioner. Al Alwi filed a petition for a writ of certiorari back in December, though we missed ...
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Another amicus brief has been filed in the D.C. Circuit appeal of the military commission of Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman Al Bahlul, this time by former members of the U.S. Intelligence Community. Arguing on ...
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In a characteristically thougtful essay over at Slate, and building on themes in his new book, Jack returns to a familiar argument--that the extent to which the Obama Administration has embraced military...
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A little while back, I wrote an article describing the evolution of our capture and detention policies in Iraq from 2003 to 2010 (based on a review of a massive pile of after-action reports and interview...
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The D.C. Circuit heard oral argument yesterday in Doe v. Rumsfeld (11-5209), a Bivens case brought by a U.S. citizen working as a military contractor in Iraq who alleged detention and interrogation abuse...
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In most years when I teach my seminar on the history of terrorism and US counterterrorism law and policy, the question arises why terrorists do not more frequently embrace the "Beltway Sniper" model--i....
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Peter Margulies of Roger Williams School of Law has this article on proposed amendments to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
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An administration official sends in the following in response to Andy Worthington's critique of the DNI's recidivism numbers:
How I wish he were right. But he isn’t.
The DNI numbers usefully distingu...
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British journalist Andy Worthington offers this critique of the recent DNI report on Guantanamo recidivism--and of the press coverage of the report.
