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Following up on my last post regarding section 1031 of the NDAA FY 12 and the future of detention authority, I want to draw attention to what strikes me as a huge and looming issue--but one that is getti...
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On his new blog, The Loyal Opposition, New York Times Editorial Page Editor Andrew Rosenthal has this post arguing that "One particularly compelling reason [not to use military commissions] is that tribu...
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A response to Steve Vladeck's post on Section 1031 of the Senate version of the NDAA FY '12, which concerns detention authority under the 9/18/01 AUMF.
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Last week I noted that al-Nashiri has moved for an order compelling the government to state whether it would remand him to military detention for the duration of hostilities in the event of an acquittal....
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The Eleventh Circuit has affirmed the convictions of several members of the group referred to in the media variously as the “Miami 7,” the “Liberty City 7,” or the “Seas of David.” The men were convicte...
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Dramatic news out of Atlanta yesterday, as federal prosecutors announced the arrest of members of a "fringe militia group" charged with conspiring to carry out an array of terrorist attacks on government...
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The full Seventh Circuit has granted the government’s motion to rehear en banc Vance v. Rumsfeld, a suit by two U.S. citizens alleging that they were detained and tortured by U.S. forces in Iraq.
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The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has released Judge Royce Lamberth's opinion on remand in Warafi. Judge Lamberth first denied Makhtar Al-Warafi’s habeas petition some time back, but t...
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Judge Walton has released his unclassified opinion in Karim Bostan (ISN 975) v. Obama, denying Bostan's habeas petition (the decisions appears to have issued in classified form on October 12th). The gove...
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Oral arguments in Lebron v. Rumsfeld took place before the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday.
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Speaking of the oddly-named Bmaz--which I was briefly yesterday--he has flagged an incredible snippet of a Politico interview with White House chief of staff Bill Daley on the subject of leaks.
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The estimable, if oddly-named, Bmaz of the Empty Wheel blog asks in a Tweet "Why did al-Hajj withdraw his Habeas petition? Did he just give up like others have?" Short answer: I don't know at this stage....