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I missed this before Thanksgiving, I'm afraid, but fortunately, the invaluable Josh Gerstein did not:
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper is joining the chorus of Obama administration voices ...
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Greg Miller of the Washington Post has an important story this morning addressing the possibility that the original al Qaeda network is but a drone strike or two away from eradication:
The leadership ran...
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As readers no doubt are aware, the NYPD has arrested Jose Pimentel on an array of terrorism-related charges. The case is distinctive in that it is not a federal prosecution, which is occasioning some co...
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Having now returned from my undisclosed location, here's a transcript of the Senate floor debate on the NDAA.
The Senate debated the bill on Thursday and Friday. This transcript, helpfully includes only...
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Daphne Eviatar of Human Rights First writes in with the following comments on Latif and the detention provisions of the NDAA:
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Ben wrote last week about the Administration’s threat to veto the Defense Authorization Bill, in large part because of its detainee transfer and related provisions.
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What do you think the chances are that the New York Times editorial folks could have managed to produce this editorial--and without any glaring factual errors--without having read this post and this one ...
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Several days ago, the government moved in the D.C. Circuit to challenge the counsel–and thus end the appeal–of Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman Al Bahlul, whose military commission conviction and life sentence is...
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Last week I noted that the United States seeks the extradition of Abdeladim El-Kabir, a man currently held in Germany based on allegations that he was part of an al Qaeda-related cell trained in Pakistan...
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Finally, the administration has spoken clearly, directly, and with direct references to consequences--a veto--about the detainee provisions of the NDAA. The White House's Statement of Administration Poli...
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Sabin Willett, who represented the Guantanamo Uighurs in Parhat and Kiyemba, writes in with the following comments about Latif:
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Well, apropos of my prior post, the White House has in fact now issued a veto threat in relation to the detainee provisions in the NDAA. The full text of the SAP is here, and the detainee-relevant langu...