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UK Court Permits Habeas for US-Held Detainee in Afghanistan (Sort of)
An interesting Afghanistan habeas decision today, from the UK: Yunus Ramhmatullah v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs et ano. (Court of Appeals (Civil Division)). In an opinion b... -
The Problematic NDAA: On Clear Statements and Non-Battlefield Detention
For reasons I plan to elaborate upon in this and subsequent posts, I'm not at all convinced that the conference version of the NDAA is substantially better than the House or Senate version (or that eithe... -
Me on the D.C. Circuit's Post-<i>Boumediene</i> Jurisprudence
Whatever else one might say about the D.C. Circuit's jurisprudence in the Guantanamo litigation, it's certainly been a jobs program... -
Scott Shane on Domestic Law Enforcement, Prisons, and Counterterrorism
The New York Times's Scott Shane this morning has a very beautifully reported feature story about domestic prisons, law enforcement, and terrorism cases. It is a rich read, including some fascinating cor... -
Civilian Trial in Case Involving Attacks on American Soldiers in Iraq
I bet you thought this would be a post about Ali Musa Daqduq. But, no, this is about Faruq Khalil Muhammad 'Isa, who has been indicted in Brooklyn on charges of conspiring to kill U.S. -
D.C. Circuit Decides Al Kandari
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Almerfedi Cert Petition Now Available
A redacted version of the cert petition in the case of Hussain Salem Mohammed Almerfedi is now public. -
Bahlul Counsel Surreply on Viability of Representation
The saga of whether Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman Al Bahlul's counsel rightly represents him before the D.C. Circuit in his military commissions appeal continues. The government, you'll recall from prior cover... -
Guilty Plea for Creating and Uploading a YouTube Video for Lashkar-e-Tayyiba
Jubair Ahmad, a Pakistani man residing in the United States who created and uploaded an LeT propoganda video at LeT's request, has pled guilty to violating the 1996 material support statute, 18 USC 2339B... -
Government Opposition to Cert in Uthman
The government has, unsurprisingly, filed a brief in opposition to Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman's cert petition. Uthman, a Guantanamo habeas petitioner, had asked the Supreme Court to review this d... -
A Guilty Plea in an al-Shabaab Material Support Case--and a Hypo for Application of the NDAA
There was a guilty plea today in United States v. Yusuf (S.D. Cal. Dec. -
Daphne Eviatar on Latif and the NDAA
Daphne Eviatar of Human Rights First writes in with the following comments on Latif and the detention provisions of the NDAA:
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