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The appellant and appellee briefs in a Guantanamo detainee's habeas-related appeal, Abdullah v. Obama, have been filed with the Court of Appeals for the D.C.
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We will post a full summary of the First Circuit Court of Appeals's decision in the case of Tarek Mehanna soon.
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Bobby drew attention to yesterday's Washington Post article about the Afghan Government's release of hundreds of detainees the U.S.
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The unwinding of US detention operations in Afghanistan continues. The latest development concerns the population of some 880 Afghan detainees whom the United States has transferred to Afghan control a...
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On Monday, accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev filed his reply to the government's response to his motion to vacate special administrative measures (SAMs) imposed on him and his attorneys.
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In Hatim v. Obama, a.k.a. the Guantanamo "counsel access case," the government's reply brief has been submitted, and the D.C. Circuit has slated the case for oral argument on Monday, December 9.
We've c...
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Today the D.C. Circuit handed down its opinion in a Guantanamo detainee's habeas-related appeal. The detainee filed his notice of appeal too late, concluded the three-judge panel, thus divesting the appe...
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The Washington Post reports comments by Attorney General Eric Holder on the pace of military commissions at a news conference yesterday:
“I think that had we gone along the path that I announced at that ...
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As promised by petitioners in their filing last week, and in response to the government's letter to the court suggesting that their case is moot: Guantanamo detainee Imad Abdullah Hassan today moved to i...
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A coda to Bobby's post below asking about the legal views underlying US operations in Somalia over the past three weeks. Three weeks ago, SEALs attempted a capture operation against a target on the coas...
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We noted Sunday that the Justice Department filed a letter in the force-feeding case Aamer v. Obama last week informing the D.C. Circuit that the four detainees are no longer designated hunger-strikers.