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Is Guantanamo Really a Major Recruiting Tool for Jihadists?
During a February congressional hearing on the Guantanamo Bay prison facility, discussion turned—as it invariably does—to the detention facility’s role in jihadist propaganda. -
Jihadology Podcast (June 2, 2015)
The Jihadology Podcast is almost here! The show will feature analysis of recent jihadi primary source material and interviews with experts in the jihadi studies field. The show is hosted by Aaron Zelin... -
The War in Afghanistan is Over, says the President. Not, Says the Justice Department
Yesterday, President Barack Obama delivered remarks before a Memorial Day service at Arlington Cemetery in Virginia, in which he celebrated the day as the first Memorial Day since the end of the war in A... -
Al-Warafi's "End of War" Reply Brief
The Guantanamo detainee, as readers likely know, argued in a February motion that the end of the United States' war in Afghanistan, as recognized by President Obama, requires his release from Guantanamo.... -
ODNI Releases Trove of Documents Discovered in Osama bin Laden Raid
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence today released a new set of documents recovered during the raid of Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan in May 2011. The release contain... -
The Foreign Policy Essay: Where is Al Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri?
Editor’s Note: After 9/11 Ayman al-Zawahiri became the face of Al Qaeda, giving speeches and sending out videos to guide the now-scattered jihadist flock. And of course after Bin Ladin’s death Zawahiri's... -
Some Domestic and International Law Questions Raised by the Abu Sayyaf Raid
Today’s White House statement about last night’s spectacular Special Operations raid into Syria states that “This operation was conducted with the full consent of Iraqi authorities and, like our existing... -
Report on the Legal Treatment of Foreign Fighters
The Global Legal Research Center at the Law Library of Congress recently released a report describing the legal frameworks that the United Nations, European Union, and 73 countries have adopted or are co... -
Hersh's Account of the Bin Laden Raid is Journalistic Malpractice
When a journalist writes a tell-all story about a classified operation, and he suspects the story will catalyze anti-American anger, provide fuel for terrorist groups, and cause severe friction with fore... -
Canadian Court Releases Omar Khadr on Bail
From the Washington Post (via the Associated Press): TORONTO — A former inmate at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who was convicted of killing a U.S. -
Judicial Review for POWs During Armed Conflict?
Interested in the ongoing debate over the relationship between LOAC and Human Rights Law in general, or the intersection of those bodies of law in relation to non-criminal detention in particular? You wo... -
Justice Stevens on Guantánamo
I've long been a huge fan of (Retired) Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, not least because his prized possessions include a scorecard from Game 3 of the 1932 World Series--better known to baseball...
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