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In just over two weeks following oral argument, the D.C. Circuit today issued its opinion in Al Warafi v. Obama.
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In a column today in the Washington Post, Marc Thiessen suggests that it's time for Obama to revitalize Guantanamo:
In fact, Obama administration is quietly beginning to ramp up operations at Guantanamo....
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As Ben notes below, Steve Vladeck objects to the Circuit's recent ruling in Hatim insofar as that decision suggests that the Circuit has held that detention may be predicated on provision of material sup...
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* Alsabri v. Obama (D.D.C. Feb.
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Steve Vladeck has this very interesting take on last week's Hatim decision.
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Counsel for the Kiyemba III petitioners, who filed a petition for certiorari with the Supreme Court a few months back, just filed their reply to the government's opposition brief.
Relatedly, one of the ...
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Today at Washington College of Law at American University, the Program on Law and Government and the National Institute of Military Justice are hosting an event called "The Guantanamo Detainees: What Nex...
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The Texas International Law Journal has now posted the rest of the videos from last week's symposium on the HPCR Air & Missile Warfare Manual. The links appear below, along with a brief discussion of is...
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The ACLU just released the following statement on today's Padilla decision:
In A Blow To The Rule Of Law, Court Dismisses Lawsuit To Hold Former Government Officials Accountable For Torture Of Jose Padi...
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Here is the transcript of the Padilla hearing, which resulted in today's opinion.
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A new essay of mine appears in the Hoover Institution's publication, Defining Ideas. The essay is adapted from the chapter I wrote in the book "Rules for Growth" published by the Kauffman Task Force on L...
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As Bobby mentioned, I’m giving a keynote address at noon tomorrow at American University’s Washington College of Law on the question, “The Guantanamo Detainees, What Next?” In that speech I will try, am...
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A very big win today for a collection of former government officials and military officers, as a district court dismissed all claims against them in a civil suit filed by Jose Padilla and his mother in c...
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Bet you weren't expecting CIA Director Leon Panetta to say this:
If the U.S. captures top al-Qaida leaders Osama Bin Laden or Ayman al-Zawahiri, they would likely be sent to the Guantanamo Bay military p...
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Rising before the D.C. Circuit this morning on behalf of Yasein Khasem Mohammad Esmail, Danielle Barbour faces some non-trivial problems.
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We haven't circulated an update on the Guantanamo habeas numbers in a while, and this new set includes updates in several categories, as well as a minor methodological change.
Previously we had separate...
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Both Jack and I will be part of a Guantanamo-focused event this Friday at American's Washington College of Law, from 12 to 2. Jack delivers the keynote address, and then I'll appear as a panelist alongs...
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Yesterday two new GTMO habeas briefs became publicly available.
The first is the appellant's opening brief in Khan v. Obama (No. 10-5306). In this case, petitioner Shawali Khan appeals Judge John Bates'...
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As Josh Gerstein reports over at Politico, U.S. District Judge John D. Bates today granted the Al Maqaleh petitioners' motion for leave to file amended habeas petitions. Al Maqaleh concerns the habeas p...
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As noted below, Ambassador Hank Crumpton gave the keynote address at last week's symposium on air & missile warfare sponsored by the Texas International Law Journal. His speech was terrific, and the Q&A...