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Raha Wala (Human Rights First) Responds on Closing Guantanamo
Raha Wala of Human Rights First has written in with an in-depth response, printed below in full, to my post the other day expressing disappointment in Senators Durbin and Feinstein’s op-ed on closing Gua... -
Reminder: Live Coverage of U.S. v. Mohammed et al. Next Week
Monday at 9 a.m., Lawfare returns to Fort Meade, for a week’s worth of CCTV-broadcasted-from-Guantanamo pre-trial hearings in United States v. Mohammed et al. When we have the docketing order we'll shar... -
Detainee Challenges Constitutionality of NDAA Transfer Restrictions
Yesterday, Guantanamo detainee Ahmed Adnan Ajam filed a motion for partial summary judgment and for declaratory relief in his habeas suit before the D.C. -
D.C. Circuit Issues Stay in Hatim v. Obama
This afternoon, Judges Karen LeCraft Henderson, Janice Rogers Brown, and Thomas B. Griffith of the D.C. Circuit filed a per curiam order granting the government’s motion to stay the district court’s July... -
Appellants File Reply Brief in Hatim v. Obama
The government has filed its reply in support of its July motion for a stay pending appeal in Hatim v. Obama. -
Sens. Durbin and Feinstein Don't Address the Toughest Guantanamo Questions
Like David Remes, but with different assumptions and for different reasons, I was disappointed with Senators Durbin and Feinstein’s op-ed purporting to offer a plan for closing Guantanamo. As I’ve argue... -
David Remes Responds to the Feinstein/Durbin Op-ed on Closing GTMO
David Remes, the longtime GTMO defense lawyer, wrote in with comments on Senators Feinstein and Durbin’s op-ed in today’s L.A. Times entitled, “How to close Gitmo”: The oped is quite disappointing. In br... -
Agreeing---Sort Of---with Both Carrie and Steve on FISA
I find myself sympathetic to both Carrie and Steve on FISA oversight. -
When I'm 64: The Geneva Conventions and the Obama Administration
August 12 is the 64th anniversary of the signing of the Geneva Conventions. As a candidate, Senator Obama was highly critical of the Bush Administration’s non-application of the Geneva Conventions to de... -
The President's Surveillance Reform Initiatives: A Section-by-Section Analysis
During his press conference today (transcript here), President Obama announced a quartet of reform initiatives meant to enhance the credibility and legitimacy of NSA activities and the FISA system, both ... -
The Government Responds to Al Warafi's Petition for En Banc Review
Earlier today, the government filed its response to Guantanamo detainee Mukhtar Yahia Naji al Warafi's petition for rehearing en banc before the D.C. -
Al Nusrah/Al Shabaab Supporters Brought to the US for Prosecution, and other Terrorism Prosecution News
Some interesting terrorism-prosecution developments over the past few days that are worth noting. United States v. Mohammed (S.D. Fla.) First, a pair of men (one leaving in Kenya, and the other--who hap...
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