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Lots and lots of news today.
Let's start with several developments on the terrorism trials front:
Barry Walter Bujol Jr., who defended himself against accusations of material support for Al Qaeda, turn...
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Over at the Empty Wheel blog, Marcy Wheeler has a very impressive set of speculations regarding what the mysterious Report at issue in Latif (which I discuss at length here) might be. Here's her bottom l...
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At last, you have reached the final post in Lawfare’s coverage of the motions hearing portion of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri’s arraignment.
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Lots of press coverage of Saturday night's GOP debate on national security and foreign policy issues. The Los Angeles Times reports on some of the topics that arose, which include Afghanistan, Pakistan, ...
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Following discussion of post-acquittal detention, the al-Nashiri motions hearing continued with the defense’s second motion. This motion involves the defense’s request that Military Judge Pohl allow in ...
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I’m going to wrap-up Lawfare’s in-depth coverage of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri’s arraignment with some discussion of the post-arraignment motions hearing.
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As Dave Barry would say, I swear I'm not making this up.
The other day, I found myself visiting the CIA. As one does at such times, I stopped at the agency's gift shop, you know, to buy a Predator drone...
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The D.C. Circuit strongly disfavors en banc review. For longstanding cultural reasons, the court avoids en bancs whenever possible. This is generally a good thing. En bancs can be ugly; they stress a cou...
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The more I study the D.C. Circuit decision in Latif, the more important I think it is, and the more regrettable I think it probably is. I'm going to spread this out over two posts. In this one, which is ...
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Wednesday’s arraignment hearing of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri began about twenty minutes after 9 a.m., roughly two hours after most reporters arrived at the Ft. Meade, Maryland remote viewing location. Bef...
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Our many terrorism trials are about to take a break for the weekend, so here's your fix:
The Los Angeles Times has the horrifying story of Staff Sgt.
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Abdeladim El-Kabir was arrested in Germany, along with two other men, back in April of this year. German officials at the time alleged that the men were planning to build a bomb to use somewhere in Euro...
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Earlier this year, Judge Walton denied a pair of motions to dismiss in the civil suit filed by Moe Davis against the Librarian of Congress and the Director of the Congressional Research Service ("CRS"). ...
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Here's my question: Why has there been virtually no press coverage of the Latif decision? Other than this article on CNN's web page, which actually ignores the aspect of the case that makes it jurisprude...
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This just in: President Obama today nominated Professor Scott L. Silliman and William B. Pollard III to the U.S. Court of Military Commission Review.
Both men are highly qualified and will bring differe...
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Hussain Salem Mohammed Almerfedi, a Guantanamo habeas petitioner, has filed a cert petition that presents the following questions:
1. Whether the Authorization for Use of Military Force, Pub. L. No. 107-...
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Peter Margulies of Roger Williams Law School writes in with the following critique of the Latif decision and praise of Judge David Tatel's dissent. While I don't agree with every aspect of this analysis,...
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Shaking things up a bit, I’m going to begin Lawfare’s in-depth coverage of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri’s military commission proceeding yesterday from the end—the roughly one-hour-long afternoon press confer...
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Lots of news coverage on Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri's trial. In addition to our coverage--more of which is coming later today--here is the New York Times story, the Washington Po
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The Hoover Institution's online publication, Defining Ideas, has published an essay-length version of my recent paper arguing "Against a Crude Balance" between liberty and security. Enjoy.
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