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This Week at the Military Commissions, Special Majid Khan Edition: “The Whole Enhanced Interrogation Thing”
Yes, we’re back at the military commission, but no, there’s no Abd Al-Rahim Al-Nashiri. There’s no KSM or Ramzi Binalshibh either. -
International Terrorism Prosecutions: Tying up Loose Conspiracies
Over the past few weeks, the Justice Department has continued to tie up loose ends in the realm of criminal terrorism prosecutions. -
This Week at the Military Commissions, 9/9 Session: 1,300 Pounds of Discovery
It’s Friday, we’re wrapping up the first week back in Al Nashiri, and al-Nashiri himself is back in the courtroom. After some characteristically Guantanamo housekeeping—with only one courtroom, Judge Spa... -
This Week at the Military Commissions, 9/8 Session: The “Kangaroo Lapel Pin” Edition
When you take an 18-month break, it’s unsurprising that you’ll return home to some cobwebs that will need to be swept away. The second of three days of motion hearings in the Nashiri military commission ... -
The Challenge for the Generation That Experienced 9/11
As I noted around this time last year, the 9/11 Commission Report is on the syllabus for my seminar at Georgetown Law, Intelligence Reform and the Modern Intelligence Community. One of the main themes of... -
This Week at the Military Commissions, 9/7 Session: The Return of the Prodigal Defendant
And we’re back, after a trifling 18-month delay, a lot of litigation, and a major D.C. Circuit decision: the military commission has reconvened for three days of motions hearings in the case of Abd al-Ra... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Geeking Out on Al-Nashiri with Michel Paradis and Bob Loeb
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The Al Nashiri II Decision: An Opportunity to Reconsider the Transfer Restrictions
Yesterday, I spent a very enjoyable hour with Bob Loeb and Michel Paradis recording this week's Lawfare Podcast, which is a discussion of the D.C. Circuit's decision this week in Al Nashiri II. I won't g... -
Thoughts on Al Nashiri II
Steve Vladeck this morning beat me to the punch on a key takeaway about the Al Nashiri II decision yesterday. But his attitude toward the subject is a bit different from mine. So while I agree with him o... -
DC Circuit in Al-Nashiri: All Clear for Military Commission Trial
The D.C. Circuit decided Tuesday that it would let a military commission take the first whack at a crucial issue in the prosecution of Abd Al-Rahim Al-Nashiri, the alleged mastermind of the attack on the... -
Al-Nashiri II: Comity, Legitimacy, and the Military Commissions
Unless you're someone who keeps a copy of Hart & Wechsler on your desk, you probably don't care that much about Tuesday's divided ruling by the D.C. Circuit in In re Al-Nashiri (which, for ease of refere... -
DC Circuit Rules on Nashiri
This morning, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a decision on Abd al Rahim al Nashiri's petition for a writ of mandamus to dissolve the military commission convened to try him. The court denied...
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