Judge James Pohl takes the bench and calls the hearing to order, his robes emanating (as always) rays of the purest judicial authority.  “Please be seated,” he says.  He clips on the microphone, which gr...

The following State Department teleconference on Libya took place the other day: Office of the Spokesperson Background Conference Call With Senior State Department Officials Washington, DC October 9, ...

In today's New York Times is this article by Ben Weiser about some information that has come to light in a memorandum written by District Court Judge Kevin Thomas Duffy this week.

Earlier today, lawyers for Abdullah Bin Omar Al-Hajji moved to dismiss his appeal to the D.C. Circuit voluntarily, and without prejudice.

Two more amicus briefs were filed, today and yesterday, respectively, in the case of Al-Nashiri v. MacDonald.

The Wall Street Journal reports  (paywall, sorry) that France is considering a slate of new antiterrorism laws, including at least one prevention-oriented measure that appears to track 18 U.S.C.

Yesterday, we promised to be in attendance during today's argument session in Khairkhwa v. Obama And this morning, yours truly sat through two standard-issue D.C.

Dawinder S. Sidhu of the University of New Mexico School of Law writes in with the following comments on the fallout form the shooting at the Sikh Temple at Oak Creek, Wisconsin.

A reminder that tomorrow morning will see argument before the D.C. Circuit in the case of Khairkhwa v. Obama.  In short, the case concerns a Taliban functionary who claims to have played a civilian---not...

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court decided not to review the case of Suleiman v. Obama.  No surprise there; the justices hardly seem to wish to wade into detention issues these days.

So we learn from ABC's Jake Tapper, who in turn quotes from Mark Bowden's forthcoming book, "The Finish," about the bin Laden raid: If Osama bin Laden had surrendered to the Navy SEALs, President Obama w...