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The new National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is likely to extend the ban on any transfers of Guantanamo detainees into the United States but ease restrictions on transfers to other countries.
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Last Thursday, Bloomberg View’s Josh Rogin had a piece on a draft ISIL authorization put forth by Senator Bob Menendez, the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Based on Rogin's report, it...
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It now appears that the next military commissions case in which the D.C. Circuit will hear oral argument is that of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri ("Nashiri"), with oral argument scheduled before an as-yet unna...
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Here's the news from the New York Times this morning:
WASHINGTON– The United States transferred six detainees from the
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The United States and Turkey seem to be having increasingly detailed discussions about establishing a no-fly zone (or “buffer zone”) inside the northern Syrian border adjacent to Turkey. The press report...
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As Professors Ryan Goodman and David Bosco have both noted in excellent posts at Just Security and Foreign Policy, respectively, over the past seven years, the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Prosec...
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The United Kingdom’s Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill, HC Bill 127, had its first reading in the House of Commons on Wednesday, November 26.
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Last week, a British court allowed civil tort claims against the British government to proceed. In Rahmatullah v. Ministry of Defence, the High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) held that a former Pakistani...
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Mark Mazzetti and Eric Schmitt report:
President Obama decided in recent weeks to authorize a more expansive mission for the military in Afghanistan in 2015 than originally planned, a move that ensures A...
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At the Miami Herald, Carol Rosenberg reports that the Pentagon today transferred 5 inmates at Guantanamo Bay to two countries in Europe.
According to Rosenberg, three of the detainees were sent to Georg...
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The D.C. Circuit has just issued a per curiam order denying six Guantanamo detainees' petition for rehearing en banc in Allaithi v. Rumsfeld.
The detainees sought review of the D.C.
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The prosecutor, Lt. Col. David Long, finishes his arguments regarding whether to push back argument on motion AE21, Al Hadi's challenge to physical touching by female Guantanamo guards. Long says no.
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