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House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on "National Security Leaks and the Law"
Next Wednesday at 10 a.m. in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the House Judiciary Committee will be holding a hearing on "National Securi... -
July 19 D.C. Bar Panel on Military Commissions, Present and Future
For D.C.-area readers, I'll be participating in what should be a lively discussion of the current and future legal and policy issues surrounding military commissions (I suspect it will be that much livel... -
DNI Clapper Announces New Steps to Deter Leaks
Director of National Intelligence James R. -
Defense Motions in U.S. v. Kiriakou
Last week, two defense motions were released in United States v. -
USG Filing in NYT/ACLU SDNY FOIA Suit Re Targeted Killings
Here is the Government’s brief in support of its summary judgment motion in response to requests by the NYT and ACLU for records on targeted killings, especially with regard to U.S. citizens. This is t... -
White House Releases 2012 6-Month War Powers Resolution Supplemental Report
Today's report includes the boilerplate-for-such-documents "consistent with the War Powers Resolution" phrase. It also includes the excerpt below regarding counterterrorism efforts in Yemen and Somalia:... -
The Shadow War Is Not Very Shadowy
Craig Whitlock has a very interesting piece in the Washington Post today, the main thrust of which is to describe the military's efforts to establish aerial surveillance capacity across wide swaths of Af... -
Final Thoughts on DC Circuit Fidelity to Hamdi/Boumediene
A few final thoughts on the topic of DC Circuit fidelity to Hamdi and Boumediene, for the three people still paying attention to us (hi Mom!). -
My Last Word (for Now) on the D.C. Circuit and Boumediene
At the risk of boring readers who have long-since grown tired of this exchange, let me just offer three quick responses to Bobby's thoughtful intervention in the back-and-forth between Ben and me on whet... -
Is DC Circuit Habeas Caselaw Inconsistent with Hamdi and Boumediene?
Steve and Ben are having an interesting exchange about an important question: whether the DC Circuit's caselaw in GTMO habeas proceedings has produced a set of substantive and procedural rules at varianc... -
A Reply for Ben...
Ben asks: "What are the specific 'requirements' the Supreme Court laid out in Boumediene or Hamdi that the D.C. Circuit has refused to honor such that habeas review is not 'meaningful' within the meaning... -
SCOTUS Denies Cert in Seven GTMO Habeas Cases, and Lebron Too
That's the outcome of orders from the Supreme Court today, an across-the-board denial of review in seven Guantanamo habeas cases: Latif, Al-Bihani, Uthman, Almerfedi, Al-Kandari, Al-Madhwani, and Al-Alwi...
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