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The government may not have its act together, but the third branch insists on carrying on anyway.
The other day, the Justice Department filed a motion to postpone oral argument in the force-feeding case...
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Abu Anas Al-Liby's detention aboard the U.S.S. San Antonio raises a host of issues regarding his eventual handover to the criminal justice system. A biggie is the extent to which criminal procedural rul...
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The Pentagon has just announced the new DoD special envoy for Guantanamo closure: Paul Lewis.
Secretary Hagel Announces Appointment to Key Defense Post
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel today announced th...
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued its memorandum opinion in Hamad v. Gates, a challenge by a former Guantanamo detainee to his detention and treatment while in U.S. custody. It found that §22...
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As information continues to emerge regarding the Baraawe raid, it is becoming increasingly clear that the operation was of a piece with, rather than a departure from, existing US policy. According to N...
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Nine or so months ago, following President Obama’s inaugural address assertion that a “decade of war is now ending,” which came on the heels of Jeh Johnson’s speech about the end of war against al Qaeda...
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Last Wednesday, accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev filed a motion to vacate special administrative measures (SAMs) imposed on him and his attorneys. In his motion, Tsarnaev argues that the ...
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We understand that Judge Royce Lamberth did so this afternoon---apparently in light of the United States's decision, earlier this week, to withdraw its opposition to Idris's petition. We don't yet have ...
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When it comes to detention and drone strikes, both critics and supporters of the status quo assume that abandoning the armed-conflict model would have not just diplomatic and legal effects but also a sig...
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From this FBI press release, we learn that Nizar Trabelsi, a Tunisian former professional soccer player-turned Al Qaeda member, has been extradited to the United States after spending the last twelve yea...
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The oral arguments in Monday’s D.C. Circuit en banc review of Ali Hamza al Bahlul’s military commission conspiracy conviction essentially came down to competing views of history. The government concedes ...
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That is the gist of this quite important filing, made today by the Justice Department, in the case of Idris v. Obama. It begins:
Respondents respectfully submit this response to Petitioner’s Motion...