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Nashiri Files Cert Petition in Habeas Case
Counsel for Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri in the Guantanamo detainee's habeas case have filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court appealing the decision made by the U.S. Court of Appeals... -
This Week at the Military Commissions, 3/15 Session: In Case You Have to Testify to it 14 Years Later
It’s 8:59 am on Wednesday morning and the military commission convened to try Abd al Rahim al Nashiri, accused of plotting al Qaeda’s attack on the USS Cole in 2000, is set for business. Today, FBI agent... -
This Week at the Military Commissions, 3/7 Session: The "Time Warp" Edition
Editor's Note: We apologize for our military commissions coverage being published out of sequence, as transcripts for last Tuesday's hearing were only recently made available to us. *** -
This Week at the Military Commissions, 3/14 Session: More Testimony on the Cole Bombing
It’s Tuesday morning, and we’re back at Guantanamo for more pre-trial hearings in the al-Nashiri case. The defendant, the alleged mastermind behind the October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, is not presen... -
This Week at the Military Commissions, 3/13 Session: “It Was Devastating”
Editor's Note: This post has been updated with a paragraph concluding the day's coverage, as the transcript for the last session of the court's March 13th hearings was originally not available on the Off... -
Proxy Detention of a U.S. Citizen in Iraq? A Glimpse Into a Murky but Important Category of Detention
I would have missed this story if Phil Carter hadn’t flagged it on Twitter, since the Post categorized it as a merely “Local” item: a U.S. citizen from Virginia by the name of Mohamad Khweis apparently w... -
Can Lone Wolves Be Stopped?
The year 2016 was the year of the Lone Wolf terrorist. In the United States, Omar Mateen, a loser who pledged himself to the Islamic State as he attacked a gay nightclub in Florida, killed 49 people in t... -
This Week at the Military Commissions, 3/10 Session: Motion Sickness and Medical Side Effects
March 10th opens with a lengthy examination of an unnamed Senior Medical Officer (SMO), who was formerly responsible for caring for Nashiri from September 2016 through February 2017. The defense team hav... -
This Week at the Military Commissions, 3/9 Session: A Timeline for Discovery
Our usual crew returns to Nashiri where we left them on the 8th—debating a timeline for discovery. -
DOJ Delivered Only Copy of SSCI Report to Court, Senate Democrats Write
As Benjamin Wittes and I have noted, the last few weeks of the Obama administration and the first months of the Trump administration generated some activity surrounding the Senate Intelligence Committee’... -
Guantanamo Redux: Why It was Opened and Why It Should Be Closed (and not Enlarged)
It is hard to believe that the Guantanamo Bay detention facility is back in the headlines fifteen years after it opened and eight years after President Obama ordered it closed. Having been present at its... -
This Week at the Military Commissions, 3/8 Session: Wouldn’t It Be Nice to Talk About the Cole?
Editor's Note: Our military commissions coverage will be out of order this week due to difficulties in accessing transcripts from the Office of Military Commissions website. As such, coverage for Wednesd...
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