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Told you so. President Obama has signed this year's NDAA--along with a meek kind of signing (whining?) statement. Here is the statement's discussion of the detention-related provisions--an account of whi...
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Steve has already noted (and critiqued) this Washington Post story about continued “renditions” by the United States government.
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Under the snazzy headline "Renditions continue under Obama, despite due-process concerns," today's Washington Post has a long article on the overseas arrest, detention, and subsequent criminal indictment...
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On Thursday, lawyers for Abd Al Rahim Hussein Al-Nashiri filed their reply brief in Al-Nashiri v. MacDonald, a civil case now pending before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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Senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and Kelly Ayotte---who jointly filed an amicus brief in the Hedges appeal---are asking for argument time in the coming Second Circuit oral argument.
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So what exactly is in the NDAA conference report that is prompting the agitation for a presidential veto? Here is a quick and dirty summary of "Subtitle D---Counterterrorism"---along with an explanation ...
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Another noteworthy development in the conference version of the NDAA is section 1025. Think of this as a new direction in the congressionalization of detention operations in Afghanistan.
What do I mean...
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Politico reports that Senate and House negotiators have reached an agreement on the NDAA, with votes in both houses expected later this week...and then, on to the White House. The full text is available...
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I'm sure many of you have become addicted to the TV show, Homeland. Personally, I find it a bit of a bus man's holiday and rather unrealistic in its characterizations.
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About six weeks ago, I flagged the (in my view, alarming) filing by the government of a notice of appeal to the D.C. Circuit in the Guantanamo MOU/continuing access-to-counsel litigation.
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According to a notation on the Supreme Court's docke
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The D.C. Circuit has handed down its latest Guantanamo habeas case, Khairkhwa v. Obama. The brief, unanimous opinion by Senior Judge A. Raymond Randolph for himself and Judges Judith Rogers and Merrick G...