The beginnings of a Maryland autumn can be discerned outside Fort Meade’s Smallwood Hall.  Inside, the by-now familiar CCTV screen comes to life and displays an empty judicial bench, the Joint Task Force...

Tuesday morning, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit will hear oral arguments in Al Janko v. Gates, an appeal of a damages action brought by a former Guantanamo detainee against various government of...

Here’s a read-out from today’s oral argument in Aamer v.

Tomorrow at 9:30 a.m., D.C. Circuit Judges David S. Tatel and Thomas B. Griffith, and Senior Judge Stephen F. Williams will hear oral arguments in Aamer v.

An intriguing development in a Guantanamo-related case ongoing during the government shutdown: detainee Ahmed Adnan Ajam, who challenges Guantanamo transfer restrictions as incompatible with the Constitu...

If a capture comes, can calls to send the terrorist to Guantanamo be far behind? Apparently not. ABC News is reporting that GOP Senators Lindsey Graham, Kelly Ayotte, and Saxby Chambliss are calling fo...

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued its memorandum opinion in Hamad v. Gates, a challenge by a former Guantanamo detainee to his detention and treatment while in U.S. custody. It found that §22...

We understand that Judge Royce Lamberth did so this afternoon---apparently in light of the United States's decision, earlier this week, to withdraw its opposition to Idris's petition.  We don't yet have ...

From this FBI press release, we learn that Nizar Trabelsi, a Tunisian former professional soccer player-turned Al Qaeda member, has been extradited to the United States after spending the last twelve yea...