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Lawmakers Urge Blinken to Hold Turkey to Account for Assault on U.S. Citizens
More than 70 U.S. lawmakers signed a bipartisan letter on May 15 urging Secretary of State Antony Blinken to hold Ankara to account for the 2017 assault on American citizens by Turkish security officials....
Policy Briefs
The LA Times Whitewashes the Taliban Five
There is a concerted push to sanitize the records of four of the five Taliban leaders transferred from Guantanamo to Qatar. But before delving into some of the specifics, let us recount the basic...
Op-eds
The War Rages, The White House Ducks, Death Abounds
You know all this, of course, because you’ve been reading these blogs all along. But as my mother used to tell me with her charming smile and melodious voice, repetition is the basis...
Op-eds
The Real Rules of Detention
Earlier this week, Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) responded...
Op-eds
Appeal Denied for HIG Facilitator Detained at Gitmo
On Tuesday, the DC Circuit Court affirmed a district court's decision to reject Guantanamo detainee Shawali Khan's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Khan's habeas petition was...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda Fighter’s Detention Upheld By DC Circuit Court
On July 22, a DC Circuit Court panel affirmed a district court's denial of Guantanamo detainee Moath Hamza Ahmed al Alwi's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Government prosecutors i...
Op-eds
A Quick Way Forward After Boumediene
Either Congress reasserts itself, or terror-friendly bedlam ensues.
Op-eds
De-Commissioned
Will Pentagon blunders mean the end of military trials for terrorists?
Op-eds
Due Process for Jihadists?
The Supreme Court ponders the constitutional rights of enemy combatants.
Op-eds
The 9/11 Six: An Opportunity for Senator McCain
Whether capital military commissions really happen will be decided in November.
Op-eds
Al Qaeda Fighter Properly Detained at Gitmo, Court Finds
The DC Circuit Court recently affirmed a district court's decision to deny Guantanamo detainee Yasein Khasem Mohammad Esmail's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The circuit...
Op-eds
DC Circuit Court Finds Gitmo Detainee was No ‘Forrest Gump’
The DC Circuit Court overturned a District Court's decision to grant Guantanamo detainee Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman's petition for a writ of habeas corpus on Tuesday. In reversi...
Op-eds
Reconnecting the Dots
In an editorial published yesterday (“A Right Without a Remedy”), the New York Times complained that the D.C. Circuit Court “has dramatically restricted” the Supreme Court...
Op-eds
Judge Finds Gitmo Detainee was No ‘Gucci jihadist’
In an opinion released to the public on Feb. 18, DC District Judge Ricardo Urbina denied Guantanamo detainee Mashour Abdullah Muqbel al Sabri's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Al Sabri...
Op-eds
Gitmo Detainee Transferred to Algeria
The Department of Defense announced the transfer of a Guantanamo detainee to Algeria on Thursday. The detainee, Saiid Farhi (also known as Farhi Saeed Bin Mohammed in US government documents), ha...
Op-eds
Smearing America in Defense of A Terrorist
In response to the Ghailani verdict, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the...
Op-eds
Brother of Notorious al Qaeda Operative Denied Habeas Petition
On Oct. 7, DC District Judge Reggie Walton's decision denying Guantanamo detainee Toffiq Nasser Awad al Bihani's petition for a writ of habeas corpus was released to the public. Al Biha...
Op-eds
Transnational Absurdity
When Ghaleb Nassar al Bihani traveled to Afghanistan to fight alongside al Qaeda and the Taliban, he probably never imagined that he would be captured and his detention would be turned into a leg...
Op-eds
Disconnecting the Dots, Part 2
Late last Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to block the transfer of a Guantanamo detainee named Farhi Saeed Bin Mohammed to his home country of Algeria. Mohammed claims that he will be tort...