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The U.S. Court of Military Commission Review yesterday evening affirmed the conviction and life sentence of Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman Al Bahlul, an Al Qaeda media propagandist. I have not yet read the 139-...
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The appellant and appellee briefs for Alsabri v. Obama, a Guantanamo habeas case in the D.C. Circuit, are now available. You can read Ben's thoughts on the District Court's decision here and Bobby's thou...
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The government's brief, and the petitioner's subsequent reply brief, are available in the case of Fayiz Mohammed Ahmed al-Kandari v. United States. Al Kandari is a Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainee who is seek...
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Further to Ben's post on the new DC Circuit decision in Khan v.
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I have only read the D.C. Circuit's Khan opinion very quickly and may have further thoughts when I dive in a little deeper.
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The D.C. Circuit has affirmed district court Judge John Bates's denial of Shawali Khan's petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
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My contribution to our 9/11 10th Anniversary Project concerns the role of the judiciary in relation to detention. Well do I recall my reaction to the first wave of Guantanamo litigation back in the 2002...
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* United States v. Mubayyid and Muntasser (1st Cir. Sep.
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In kicking off Lawfare's 9/11 10th anniversary project devoted to laying bare our own non-trivial errors of analysis or understanding over the last decade, I have a number from which to choose. All, howe...
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Over at the Weekly Standard's blog, Thomas Joscelyn has this piece critiquing a CNN report on Fayiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari, whose habeas case we have covered here.
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In prior posts such as this one, I've noted that the United States eventually will transfer control over the Detention Center in Parwan to Afghan authorities. The most recent goal for that transfer was ...
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Stepping out of his persona as a Guantanamo habeas lawyer, David Remes writes in with the following comments in response to my recent post on fears that Al Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula is working on ...
