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An Inauspicious Anniversary: It’s Time to Release the Report of the Special Interagency Task Force on Interrogations and Transfer Policies

Yesterday was the five-year anniversary of President Obama’s Executive Order 13491 on ensuring lawful interrogations. The Order, one of the first acts of the Obama administration,…
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Understanding What it Means to be “Approved for Transfer”: A Response to Lawrence Rosenthal

Lawrence Rosenthal argues below that the Executive lacks any AUMF authority to continue to detain GTMO detainees who have either been approved for transfer by the GTMO Review Task…
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General Stanley McChrystal Discusses the Downsides of Drones

In an interview with BBC Radio 4, General Stanley McChrystal, the retired commander of forces in Afghanistan, stated his general view that the use of drones will and should increase.…
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The Constitutional Case for Judicial Authority To Order the Transfer and Release of Guantánamo Detainees Cleared for Release

In the statement that he issued as he signed the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), President Obama, addressing the Act’s continuing restrictions on the transfer…
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Horrific New Evidence of Syrian War Crimes Emerges

The Guardian has published a piece describing the emergence of disturbing new evidence of the commission of “industrial scale war crimes” in Syrian detention centers. …
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Osama bin Laden’s Son-in-Law to Face Trial in NY Within a Year of His Arrest

Judge Lewis Kaplan in the Southern District of New York has been keeping busy.  In just the last week, Judge Kaplan issued three decisions in the case of Osama bin Laden’s…
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US Announces Investigation into Wedding Convoy Drone Strike: A Step Toward Accountability?

Last night, NBC’s Michael Isikoff reported that (anonymous) US officials said: “The Obama administration has launched an internal investigation into a Dec. 12 drone strike…
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Helpful Resource from the Dept of Defense: Periodic Review Board Website

We wanted to flag for interested readers a helpful resource, the Department of Defense’s website for the Periodic Review Secretariat (PRS), the body responsible for the administrative…
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Responding to John Dehn’s Letter to the Editor on the 9/11 Military Commissions

I agree with John Dehn that the military justice system is far more fair, orderly and efficient than the military commission system. My argument for why civilian federal courts…
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Two Quick Reflections on Why al Maqaleh III Matters

Over at Lawfare, Raffaela Wakeman already flagged today’s (unsurprising) D.C. Circuit decision in al Maqaleh v. Hagel, once again dismissing for lack of jurisdiction appeals…
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So Much for a New Drone Policy – Why Can’t the US Explain Why It Targeted a Wedding Party?

The New York Times has an important front-page story today by Mark Mazzetti and Robert Worth on last week’s drone strike in Yemen, which reportedly targeted a convoy of trucks…
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Senate Passes the NDAA

Late this evening, the Senate passed by a vote of 84-15 the compromise NDAA legislation that the House approved last week; it should be sent to the President for his signature…
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