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Judging by the docket, we are in for a lengthy motions hearing starting tomorrow morning in United States v. Abd al-Rahim Hussein Mohammed Abdu Al-Nashiri — the capital military commission case alleging ...
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Back in March, the Convening Authority dismissed the charges against Guantanamo detainee Tarek Mahmoud El Sawah of conspiracy to commit acts attacking civilians, attacking civilian objects, murder in vio...
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Yesterday we mentioned that a suit had been filed in the Southern District of New York by a number of commentators and public figures, arguing that the NDAA's detention provisions will apply to them in t...
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So reports the Washington Post . . .
UPDATE [5:17 p.m]: the referred charges in the capital case against KSM and his co-defendants include, among other things, conspiracy and attacking civilians. The c...
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The 28-page opinion in United States v. Stone, (E.D. Mich. Mar.
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An interesting development in the military commission case against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his four alleged September 11 co-conspirators: The government has added charges of intentionally causing seri...
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Last week, we brought you the first sets of filings in Moath Hamza Ahmed Al Alwi's petition for a writ of certiorari.
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Two new amicus briefs concerning the petition for a writ of certiorari in Latif. The first is on behalf of thirteen retired federal judges, who offer four main arguments:
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The government filed its opposition to cert in the case of Moath Hamza Ahmed Al Alwi--a Guantanamo habeas petitioner. Al Alwi filed a petition for a writ of certiorari back in December, though we missed ...
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Another amicus brief has been filed in the D.C. Circuit appeal of the military commission of Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman Al Bahlul, this time by former members of the U.S. Intelligence Community. Arguing on ...
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In a characteristically thougtful essay over at Slate, and building on themes in his new book, Jack returns to a familiar argument--that the extent to which the Obama Administration has embraced military...
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The D.C. Circuit heard oral argument yesterday in Doe v. Rumsfeld (11-5209), a Bivens case brought by a U.S. citizen working as a military contractor in Iraq who alleged detention and interrogation abuse...