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Court Denies Preliminary Injunction in GTMO Force-Feeding Case
On Friday, Judge Gladys Kessler of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia denied detainee Abu Wa'el Dhiab's bid for a preliminary injunction against certain Guantanamo force-feedin... -
ICYMI: Coverage of Last Week's Hearing in Al-Nashiri
ICYMI, GTMO policy folks: Matt Danzer's final round of digests on last week's hearing in United States v. Al-Nashiri can be found below, and in our "Events Coverage" section. (Earlier coverage of the he... -
11/6 Session: Fighting Over MRIs & Hearsay
Thursday's session opens with an update on AE 284, the defense motion seeking Skype calls for Al-Nashiri, from prosecution attorney Col. Robert Moscati. The prosecution has learned that the Guantanamo ad... -
11/5 Session #4: Statements, Transcripts, and Questionnaires
The final session for the day begins with AE 314C, a defense motion to compel testimony at the hearing on a defense motion to suppress statements made by Al-Nashiri. Capt. -
Event at Wilson Center on Islamic State AUMF and Related Issues
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11/5 Session #3: On the Necessity of the Death Penalty
The parties return for the afternoon session and Judge Spath begins by laying out his thinking on the previous motion seeking supervised telephone and Skype calls between Al-Nashiri and his family. In th... -
The Complexities in an Islamic State AUMF
In August I described a politically palatable AUMF against the Islamic State (IS). What was politically palatable in August is not necessarily politically palatable after three months of air strikes, ho... -
<em>Al-Nashiri</em> Motions Hearing: Nov. 5 Session
Hey GTMO fans: the estimable Matt Danzer's digests of yesterday's hearing in this capital Guantanamo military commissions case can be found below, and in our "Events Coverage" section. Keep an eye on th... -
11/5 Session #2: Skyping With HVDs
The commission returns from recess and prepares to consider AE 284 and 284L, a defense motion and supplement seeking to allow Al-Nashiri to hold supervised Skype calls with his elderly parents. Before t... -
11/5 Session #1: Arguing to Reargue
Military judge Vance Spath opens Wednesday’s motions proceedings with AE 181G, a defense request to reargue the underlying defense motion to remove the possibility of the death penalty for Al-Nashiri if ... -
Obama Declares Intent to Seek an ISIS AUMF...Will the 2001 AUMF Be Amended Along the Way?
It...is...on. At a press briefing today, President Obama declared three legislative priorities for the lame-duck Congress in the weeks ahead. One is to get an AUMF for ISIS: Second, I'm going to begin en... -
So What Does the New Republican Majority Mean for National Security Issues In Congress?
The result is no surprise: Republicans now control both houses of Congress---or, at least, they will come January. I'll leave it to others to dissect how we should understand last night's electoral resul...
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