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Al-Bahlul's En Banc Reply Brief Available
The reply was filed yesterday by counsel for Guantanamo detainee. En banc briefing in the appeal of his military commission conviction is now seemingly complete. In the reply's "Summary of Argument" se... -
Order in Al-Nashiri on Past, Future Monitoring of GTMO Attorney-Client Meetings
Monday's ruling in United States v. -
A "Jaw-Dropping U-Turn" Story that Isn't
I saw this breathless story in the Daily Mail by reporter David Rose a few hours after seeing William Lietzau, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee matters, at a social event: The Penta... -
Postwar: An Essay on Whether the Armed-Conflict Model Still Matters
"Does it really matter, from a legal perspective, whether the U.S. -
Appellant Brief Filed in Aamer v. Obama
Three Guantanamo detainees filed their opening brief yesterday in Aamer v. Obama. Shaker Aamer, Nabil Hadjarab and Ahmed Belbacha are appealing the D.C. District Court’s denial of their motions for a pre... -
On the AQAP-al Qaeda Relationship and Its Implications for the AUMF
This story from Ellen Nakashima and Anne Gearan, in the Washington Post, reports that the threat leading to the closure of so many embassies and consulates involves a direct order from Ayman al-Zawahiri ... -
An Update in the GTMO Counsel Access Case in the D.C. Circuit
Two developments in Hatim et al. v. Obama et al., the D.C. Circuit case regarding JTF-GTMO's detainee access procedures for defense counsel: one, the filing of additional briefing regarding the stay of a... -
The Lingering Problem of the Lingering Detainee Population Under US Control in Afghanistan
An article in the Washington Post today draws attention, once more (see here, for example), to the lingering question of what will become of the lingering population of detainees (all non-Afghans) remain... -
Two Things I Don’t Understand
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Oral Argument in GTMO Hunger Strike Case Scheduled in D.C. Circuit
The D.C. Circuit today scheduled oral argument in Aamer v. Obama, a Guantanamo hunger strike case. (The court recently refused to the petitioners' request for an emergency injunction against forced-feed... -
My Last Word on the New <em>Bahlul</em> Amicus
Thanks to his "sur-reply", I finally understand the premise of Peter Margulies’s argument—and his amicus brief—in al Bahlul with regard to why the en banc D.C. Circuit can affirm Bahlul’s conspiracy conv... -
DCCA on Force-Feeding: No Emergency Injunction Pending Appeal
That's the essence of yesterday's order from the D.C. Circuit.
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