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18 May 2018, 2:33 pm
ICYMI: Yesterday on Lawfare David Manners-Weber argued that statutory certification requirements played a substantive function in undermining President Obama’s plans to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay. [read post]
18 May 2018, 7:41 am
(Recall the current AUMF, passed just after the attacks of 9/11, has since been invoked as the law authorizing everything from the invasion of Afghanistan and the detention of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay; to drone strikes in Yemen, Somalia, Libya, and Syria; to the military detention of U.S. citizens (including one currently held in U.S. military custody in Iraq) accused of membership in one of the terrorist groups the law covers.) [read post]
17 May 2018, 4:00 am
In a recent Comment in the Yale Law Journal, I argue that Congress effectively weaponized this fear of blame through an obscure bureaucratic procedure—the certification requirement—to thwart one of President Obama’s key foreign policy priorities: closing Guantanamo Bay. [read post]
15 May 2018, 1:12 pm
In her new book, "Habeas Corpus in Wartime: From the Tower of London to Guantanamo Bay," Amanda Tyler presents a comprehensive account of the legal and political history of habeas corpus in wartime in the Anglo-American legal tradition. [read post]
12 May 2018, 7:01 am
Kahn posted the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security’s report from a December 7 workshop on reforming the military commissions at Guantanamo Bay. [read post]
8 May 2018, 6:51 am
The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security released the following report summarizing the results of a Dec. 7 workshop at George Washington University Law School on reforming the military commissions at Guantanamo Bay. [read post]
7 May 2018, 3:52 am
Rulings IPSO has published a series of rulings and a Resolution Statement from the Complaints Committee: Resolution Statement 01019-18 Cantemir v Mail Online – Resolved via IPSO Mediation 18938-17 Johnson v The Sun – Breach of Clause 1 (Accuracy) 20445-17 De Groote v thetimes.co.uk – No breach of Clause 1 (Accuracy) after investigation 20562-17 Versi v dailystar.co.uk – Breach of Clause 1… [read post]
3 May 2018, 12:24 pm
Scott Anderson wrote about Ahmed al-Darbi, the first detainee from Guantanamo Bay transferred out under Trump. [read post]
2 May 2018, 4:17 pm
Today, 40 detainees remain at Guantanamo Bay. [read post]
27 Apr 2018, 1:32 pm
Bush, which held that detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have habeas corpus rights under the U.S. [read post]
26 Apr 2018, 12:55 pm
ICYMI: Yesterday on Lawfare Matthew Kahn posted the Military Commissions Trial Judiciary at Guantanamo Bay’s motion to dismiss in the 9/11 case. [read post]
26 Apr 2018, 10:48 am
The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution will take place from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on May 14, when Lawfare’s Benjamin Wittes will interview Amanda Tyler about her new book, “Habeas Corpus in Wartime: From the Tower of London to Guantanamo Bay. [read post]
25 Apr 2018, 1:36 pm
The Military Commissions Trial Judiciary at Guantanamo Bay issued the following ruling on a defense motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction for absence of hostilities. [read post]
25 Apr 2018, 3:30 am
Naval Base Guantanamo Bay; and AE 114, a defense motion to compel government adjudication of certain documents marked “Pending Classification Review. [read post]
24 Apr 2018, 10:13 am
Adrienne Cutway, Web Editor, Click Orlando.com, had this to say about Swift: “[He] is most known for his work on behalf of Guantanamo Bay detainee and Yemeni citizen Salim Admed Hamdan, who was charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism because he worked as a driver for Osama bin Laden. [read post]
21 Apr 2018, 6:04 am
Al-Qahtani, an alleged 9/11 conspirator whom U.S. officials acknowledge suffered severe mistreatment, is currently detained at Guantanamo Bay. [read post]
21 Apr 2018, 3:00 am
In June, American troops captured Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and attacked the harbor city of Santiago. [read post]
20 Apr 2018, 6:18 am
ICYMI: Yesterday on Lawfare Harry Larson summarized the briefs related to Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed al-Qahtani’s argument that he is entitled to a medical examination to decide whether he is eligible for repatriation. [read post]
19 Apr 2018, 3:00 am
Thursday morning, Judge Rosemary Collyer of the D.C. federal district court will hear argument on whether the government may be compelled to examine Guantanamo Bay detainee and alleged 9/11 conspirator Mohammed al-Qahtani to determine whether he is “eligible for direct repatriation. [read post]
10 Apr 2018, 1:58 am
Its mere mention evokes a prolific and sordid history: Europe in the Middle Ages, with beds of nails, witch hunts, and burnings; the brutal methods used by military dictatorships against political dissidents in 1970s Latin America; and the gruesome photographs from Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo Bay, and other Bush-era places of detention. [read post]
