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Appellant Brief Available for al Kandari v. Obama
The appellant's brief in the case of Fayiz Mohammed Ahmed al-Kandari v. United States is now public. Al Kandari is a Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainee who is seeking to reverse the Judge Colleen Kollar Kotelly... -
The Khairkhwa Decision and Updated Habeas Numbers
Yesterday's release of the Khairkhwa decision prompts a few thoughts--and an update to the habeas data. The lengthy (79-page) opinion is an interesting document that, I suspect, will not have a profound... -
Memorandum Opinion in Khairkhwa v. Obama
The D.C. district court has issued an opinion in the habeas case of Khairulla Said Wali Khairkhwa, an Afghan national and former senior Taliban official. Judge Ricardo Urbina denied his petition for a wr... -
The Kentucky-Iraq Defendants Waived Miranda and Presentment, and the Government "Conducted Extensive Interrogation" Thereafter
In response to my post earlier today on Senator McConnell's call for the defendants in the Kentucky-Iraq case to be transferred to GTMO, the spokesman for DOJ's National Security Division (Dean Boyd) sh... -
Response to Senator McConnell's Op-Ed on Civilian Trials for Iraqis Arrested in Kentucky
Senator McConnell has an op-ed in the Washington Post sharply criticizing the Obama administration for pursuing a civilian court prosecution of two Iraqi men who were arrested in Kentucky recently on cha... -
Two Habeas Cases Dismissed
A few weeks ago, Ben pointed out that two detainees had moved to drop their appeals, with their lawyer essentially calling the cases lost causes. Word comes today that the D.C. -
Two New Opinions From The D.C. Circuit Court Today
The D.C. Circuit Court this morning handed down two opinions that may be of interest to Lawfare readers. In Ali v. Rumsfeld, Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson delivered the opinion which affirmed the distri... -
New Decision on Alien Tort Statute and Non-State Actors
While everyone has been focused on Libya war powers over the last few days, the DC Circuit issued an interesting opinion on Tuesday in an Alien Tort Statute suit (Ali Shafi v. -
More on Wikileaked Docs in Habeas Cases
Back in April, I posted this motion by habeas attorney David Remes in Paracha v. Obama, asking for the ability to access Wikileaked material like everyone else can. I had not noticed this response yester... -
Briefing Paper on Guantanamo Transfers to Yemen
At this hour, I am participating in a briefing for the House Armed Service Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations concerning transfers of Guantanamo detainees to Yemen. Brookings has posted my writ... -
Appellant Reply Brief Filed in Suleiman
The appellant's reply brief is now available for Suleiman v. Obama. Petitioner Abdulrahman Suleiman challenges Judge Reggie Walton’s July 2010 decision denying him the writ of habeas corpus. -
al-Zahrani v. Rumsfeld Appellant Brief Filed
The appellant's brief in the case al-Zahrani et al. v. Donald Rumsfeld is now available. This case relates to the reported suicides at Guantanano in 2006, the conspiracy theories about which Ben wrote he...
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