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In response to my post yesterday about looming habeas litigation alleging that the U.S.
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Michael Yon, whose dispatches from the field are always interesting (and typically include copious photography to give you a feel for what he has seen), recently traveled with General Martins in connecti...
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This afternoon, NPR and France 24 reported on two significant events regarding Libya. First, Gadhafi may be ready to leave the country, and his representatives have sought negotiations regarding the mec...
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An article today in The Nation, by Jeremy Scahill, alleges that the CIA operates a proxy detention facility in Mogadishu (the article also alleges a CIA-sponsored training operation for Somali government...
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Last week, the European Court of Human Rights (“ECHR”) released two decisions regarding the British military’s alleged violation, in Iraq, of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundame...
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[UPDATE: Please note the updated, italicized text below. Also check out Marko Milanovic's take on al-Jedda and al-Skeini, here.]
Hilal Abdul-Razzaq Ali Al-Jedda is a dual citizen of Iraq and Great Brit...
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On Friday, the DC Circuit held, in a 2-1 panel decision in Doe v.
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In her post the other day, Marcy Wheeler hit on a theme I have been thinking a great deal about recently--indeed, that I have been writing a book about. So I know this is supposed to be a debate, but in ...
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The European Court of Human Rights ("ECHR") yesterday released two judgments regarding the British military's alleged violation, in Iraq, of international human rights law.
In the first case, Al-Skeini ...
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I promised yesterday that I would collect and post my thoughts in response to Spencer Ackerman's and Marcy Wheeler's comments on drones and debates. Rather than try to take on the many big themes they ra...
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Charlie Savage has an important piece regarding the Obama Administration's position on the scope of its authority under the AUMF, as it relates to al Shabab. Quoting anonymous senior administration offi...
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A few days ago, I posted this little comment concerning Eugene Robinson's column on drones. The response to it has, I confess, surprised me, particularly as it has focused largely on an off-hand remark I...