In recent days, the White House has unleashed a full-court press seeking to block a skeptical Congress from passing further Iran sanctions.

Editor's Note: This post represents a modest adjustment in Lawfare's military commissions coverage, one made necessary in part because of the surge in criminal hearings at Guantanamo in the coming weeks ...

Over at Defense One, Patrick Tucker has an interesting article headlined: "Did the White House Use Drone Killing Technology?" It opens: At about 3 a.m. on Monday morning, a small quadcopter drone, or unm...

To the long-running story of the CIA-SSCI dispute--and to its most recent chapter, regarding the conclusions of a CIA Accountability Review Board---we can add today's statement by Senator Dianne Feinstei...

Both Steve Vladeck and Raha Wala have penned responses to my post of last week complaining of the quality of the "Close Guantanamo" debate. I will react very briefly to each. I am, I confess, not sure h...

(Another) Russian Spy Ring Busted in New York City Earlier today, the Department of Justice announced charges against a New York-based Russian spy ring. Although three defendants have been charged, only...

Ben bemoans the state our nation’s current debate over Guantanamo as “terrible,” observing that “the arguments about Guantanamo are nearly all wrong, disingenuous, irrelevant, or just plain dumb.”  It’s ...

Here it is.  Last night's statement from Brigadier General Mark Martins opens: Good evening. This week the Military Commission convened to try the charges against Abd al Hadi al-Iraqi will hold its third...

Today marks the first in a week-long hearing in the military commission case of United States v. Abd al Hadi al-Iraqi.  But unfortunately this week, Lawfare won't be able to view---and blog about---the G...