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Like David Remes, but with different assumptions and for different reasons, I was disappointed with Senators Durbin and Feinstein’s op-ed purporting to offer a plan for closing Guantanamo. As I’ve argue...
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David Remes, the longtime GTMO defense lawyer, wrote in with comments on Senators Feinstein and Durbin’s op-ed in today’s L.A. Times entitled, “How to close Gitmo”:
The oped is quite disappointing. In br...
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I find myself sympathetic to both Carrie and Steve on FISA oversight.
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August 12 is the 64th anniversary of the signing of the Geneva Conventions. As a candidate, Senator Obama was highly critical of the Bush Administration’s non-application of the Geneva Conventions to de...
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During his press conference today (transcript here), President Obama announced a quartet of reform initiatives meant to enhance the credibility and legitimacy of NSA activities and the FISA system, both ...
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Earlier today, the government filed its response to Guantanamo detainee Mukhtar Yahia Naji al Warafi's petition for rehearing en banc before the D.C.
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Some interesting terrorism-prosecution developments over the past few days that are worth noting.
United States v. Mohammed (S.D. Fla.) First, a pair of men (one leaving in Kenya, and the other--who hap...
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The reply was filed yesterday by counsel for Guantanamo detainee. En banc briefing in the appeal of his military commission conviction is now seemingly complete.
In the reply's "Summary of Argument" se...
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Monday's ruling in United States v.
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I saw this breathless story in the Daily Mail by reporter David Rose a few hours after seeing William Lietzau, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee matters, at a social event:
The Penta...
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"Does it really matter, from a legal perspective, whether the U.S.
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Three Guantanamo detainees filed their opening brief yesterday in Aamer v. Obama. Shaker Aamer, Nabil Hadjarab and Ahmed Belbacha are appealing the D.C. District Court’s denial of their motions for a pre...
