In the rhetoric of American leaders, the Islamic State is a terrorist group. The terrorism label, while accurate, is also misleading, obscuring more than it enlightens. One of the top scholars of terrori...

Yesterday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton outlined her national security plan against the Islamic State, speaking at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.

Judge Pohl opens the session this morning, recalling an unnamed U.S. Army Captain as a witness for the defense. She testifies that Mr. Hawsawi—the only defendant not present in the courtroom—has freely c...

Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins issued the following statement on Friday, December 11th, at the close of the week's pre-trial hearings in the 9/11 case:

Judge Pohl calls the commission to order, and this time, we actually have a session. Everyone is here except Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Mustafa Al Hawsawi, but they have waived their presences voluntaril...

Editor’s Note: Terrorism's biggest impact is rarely in the violence of the attack itself. Rather, it is the government’s response -- for better or for worse -- that often determines whether a terrorist a...

Well, that was a bust! Wednesday morning’s 9/11 military commission session never gets past the opening formalities of verifying that the defendants are all present or, if not, voluntarily waiving their...

The commission reconvenes at 1:22 pm, and Michael Schwartz—representing Walid bin Attash—takes up the questioning of the Lieutenant Colonel. It’s afternoon now, and the 9/11 trial is still focused on the...

It’s Tuesday morning at Guantanamo at precisely 9:07, and Military Judge James Pohl calls the session to order. He is, as always, resplendent in his black robes, judicial authority emanating from his ver...

Over at her Emptywheel blog, Marcy Wheeler has a response to my piece on the designation and prosecution of terrorism in light of the events in Colorado Spring and San Bernardino. As she notes, we have a...

Michael Walzer and Jeff McMahan have each recently written about the war on ISIS. The authors are the leading philosophers of war.