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Updated GTMO Habeas Numbers
The recent decisions from the D.C. Circuit (the Mohammed dismissal and Uthman reversal), as well as some activity in the district court, meant an update to the habeas numbers was in order: - Uighur... -
Thoughts on Uthman
The D.C. Circuit continued this morning its broad-based, cross-ideological conspiracy to mess up my schedule. I was returning this morning from a perfectly delightful trip to Saratoga Springs, NY to teac... -
D.C. Circuit Reverses Uthman
Today a D.C. Circuit panel of judges Garland, Griffith, and Kavanaugh reversed and remanded, with instructions to deny, Uthman v. Obama (Case No. 10-5235). Uthman is the merits appeal concerning habeas p... -
D.C. Circuit Dismisses Mohammed Appeal
Today the D.C. Circuit granted the government's motion to dismiss as moot Farhi Saeed Bin Mohammed's Guantanamo habeas merits appeal. The government had appealed Judge Gladys Kessler's grant of Mohammed... -
Appellee Brief Available in Khan v. Obama
Yesterday the public version of the government's response brief in Khan v. Obama (No. 10-5306), a Guantanamo habeas case currently pending before the D.C. Circuit, became available. In this case, petitio... -
Washington Post on Graham Habeas Bill
The Washington Post has an interesting editorial today largely in support of Senator Lindsey Graham's new habeas bill. Like me, the Post expresses sympathy for Graham's basic project, and objects to the ... -
Final Report on Independent Amerithrax Review
As Scott Shane reported in today's New York Times, the panel of independent psychiatric experts who reviewed the behavioral health history of Dr. Bruce E. Ivins--the person believed to be responsible for... -
Thoughts on Thursday's HASC Hearing
I have now had the chance to go over a transcript of Thursday's House Armed Services Committee hearing on detention policy, at which Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson and Deputy Defense Secretary Will... -
Adam Serwer on Yesterday's HASC Hearing
Adam Serwer has a very thoughtful piece on yesterday's House Armed Services Committee hearing, which I could not attend. Like me, Adam has come to the conclusion that there is quite a bit of common groun... -
Summary of CMCR Al Bahlul Argument
The following is my best attempt to summarize some of the arguments made at this morning's oral argument in United States v. Al Bahlul. This argument--audio for which is here--stood in considerable contr... -
Reply Brief from al-Bahlul (CMCR)
Al-Bahlul (though not Hamdan, so far as I know) has filed a reply brief in relation to the en banc CMCR proceedings (oral argument this morning). The brief is posted here. -
Latif Oral Argument Summary
(By Benjamin Wittes and Larkin Reynolds) This summary is going to be short--short and obscure. The reason is that Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson opened today's arguments by announcing that almost none of ...
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