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This Will Not Encourage Congress to Ease its GTMO Transfer/Release Restrictions
ABC News (among other sources) reports: In a new video message released on the internet Friday, American-born al Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn calls on Muslims living in America to carry out deadly one-man... -
Two Guantanamo Detainees Drop Appeals
Two Guantanamo detainees, Fahmi Al-Assani and Suleiman Al-Nahdi, have moved the D.C. Circuit to dismiss their habeas appeals (Al-Assani's motion is here, Al-Nahdi's is here). -
Rehearing En Banc Denied in Uthman
The D.C. Circuit has denied rehearing en banc to Guantanamo detainee Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman, whose habeas case the court decided in March. -
Cyber Weapons and Editorials on al-Kidd v. Ashcroft
Several pieces in the news today may be of interest to Lawfare Readers. The Washington Post reports on the Pentagon's list of critical cyber-weapons: The Pentagon has developed a list of cyber-weapo... -
Why No Veto Threat Here?
The administration just issued a Statement of Administration Policy on a DHS appropriations bill (H.R. 2017), which contains a spending restriction similar to one of the Guantanamo transfer restrictions ... -
Military Commission Proceeding Against the 9/11 Defendants (KSM and Others) Inches Closer
DOD has just announced that charges have now been sworn by military commission prosecutors in the case against KSM and four others linked to the 9/11 attacks. From DOD's press release: T... -
DOJ Announces Arrest in Kentucky of Two Men Involved in IED Attacks in Iraq
Last week I posted about the views of some in Congress who are upset that the government might not employ the military commission system to prosecute certain offenses committed in Iraq. I noted that the... -
Supreme Court Rejects Fourth Amendment Challenge to Material Witness Detention in Al-Kidd v. Ashcroft
The Supreme Court has reversed the Ninth Circuit in al-Kidd v. -
Another Thought About Al Madhwani
One further thought about the D.C. Circuit's Al Madhwani opinion--along the same lines as I mentioned earlier. There are at least two other places in this brief (12 page) opinion in which the panel opini... -
A Thought on Al Madhwani
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More on Whether We Need to Refresh Detention Authority
Earlier today I noted a couple of scenarios in which the US government might want detention authority yet face obstacles in relying on the original AUMF should we have withdrawn in the interim from Afgha... -
Against the Buchanan Amendment
For the record, the Buchanan Amendment is a bad idea, and I hope that it dies in conference. In addition to being constitutionally vulnerable in at least some applications (Milligan anyone?), and hamhan...
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