Tom Malinowski of Human Rights Watch writes in with the following comments in response to my recent post on Human Rights Watch's new allegations of water boarding by the CIA:I’m shocked that you’re shock...

The New York Times has the story here about this new Human Rights Watch report concerning the handling of Libyan detainees transferred to Libyan custody after 2004. I haven't read the report yet--by Laur...

Yesterday the D.C. Circuit issued its decision in United States v.

Earlier this week, Judge Rosemary Collyer rejected a proposed modification to protective orders entered in Mohammed al Qahtani's habeas case.  Al Qahtani's lawyers had asked the judge to change the order...

I'm happy to report that I've recently completed drafting an article that has been much on my mind for the past few years.  Beyond the Battlefield, Beyond al Qaeda: The Destabilizing Legal Architecture o...

I have refrained so far from commenting on this fascinating article by Cato’s Julian Sanchez---to which Raffaela linked yesterday---which outlines a new theory as to how the crisis developed in 2007 that...

Carrie Cordero, Georgetown’s Director of National Security Studies and a former Justice Department official, writes in with the following ruminations concerning lone wolf terrorist offenders: No one real...

This just in - sort of.  On Wednesday, Judge Leonie Brinkema denied John Kiriakou's motion to dismiss certain counts against him on vagueness and overbreadth grounds.  Not at all surprising stuff, consid...

A big win for the government today in the Ninth Circuit, in a case exploring the impact of FISA's civil liability provision (50 USC 1810) on sovereign immunity.  In a panel opinion written by Judge McKeo...

I've been less than on the ball about covering the Senate Intelligence Committee's new anti-leak legislation. Here's the bill text. Here's a good summary by Steve Aftergood over at Secrecy News.