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What the Data Really Show About Terrorists Who “Came Here,” Part II: A Country-by-Country Analysis
In Part I of this series, we laid out what Justice Department data really show about how many foreign-born vs. domestic-born individuals have been convicted of crimes related to international terrorism i... -
What the Data Really Show About Terrorists Who “Came Here,” Part I: Introduction and Overview
In late February, during his address to a joint session of Congress, President Trump claimed that “according to data provided by the Department of Justice, the vast majority of individuals convicted of t... -
The Shadow Brokers Dump NSA Trove, Go Out with a Whimper
One of the stranger dramas in information security may now be over. On Saturday, apparently in protest at President Trump’s missile strike on Syria, the group that calls itself the Shadow Brokers dumped ... -
Twitter Drops Complaint Against DHS
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California was handed a First Amendment case yesterday morning involving the rights of Twitter users to remain anonymous if the government does not wa... -
Of Course There’s Evidence Trump Colluded with Russian Intelligence
It has become a kind of mantra in the defense of Donald Trump on matters related to L’Affaire Russe that there’s no evidence, at least not yet, of “collusion” between the Trump campaign and the Russian a... -
Is Homeland Security A Subset Of National Security?
As Jordan Brunner has explained, the new NSPM-4 memorandum reorganizing the National Security Council has far more in it than the -
The CMCR’s Peculiar Request in the al-Qosi Litigation
I have been rather critical in the past of the Court of Military Commission Review (CMCR)—the intermediate appellate court Congress created in 2006 to sit between the Guantánamo military commissions and ... -
This Week at the Military Commissions, 3/24 Session: The “Sudden Downpour” Edition
Military judge Army Colonel James Pohl calls the commission to order, and takes roll, noting that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Mustafa al Hawsawi are absent but all other defendants are present. Prosecuto... -
Force-Feeding Videos Remain Sealed
On Friday, a three-judge panel in the D.C. Court of Appeals rejected a request to release recordings of military personnel in Guantanamo Bay force-feeding a detainee who was on a hunger strike. The detai... -
Movement in a New Guantanamo Habeas Case
Don't look now but the long dormant world of Guantanamo habeas litigation is getting at least a little bit less sleepy. Last November, a detainee named Guled Hassan Duran, an alum of the CIA's RDI prog... -
Bahlul Files Cert Petition
Counsel for Ali Hamza Suliman al Bahlul have filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court appealing the October 2016 ruling by the U.S. Circuit Court of the District of Columbia sitti... -
Messages Between U.S. Agencies and Foreign Governments Not Protected by FOIA Exemption 5, Sixth Circuit Rules
The Freedom of Information Act’s Exemption 5 does not shield communications between U.S. agencies and foreign government agencies, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held on Friday in Lucaj v. FBI.
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