On Christmas Day 2009, Abdul Farouk Umar Abdulmutallab attempted to detonate exposives contained in his underwear on a flight arriving in Detroit.  Abdulmutallab unexpectedly

Large law firms.

Oh sure, they’ll give thousands of pro bono hours fighting for the rights of Gitmo detainees, but remember why they are Large law firms.

They have Large corporate clients including Large Banks and Large Investment Banks and Large Broker-Dealers who pay them Large Legal Fees so they can pay associates Large Salaries and partners Large...

It’s 9:45 a.m. Eastern.

Is there anyone who has not opined on the killing of Osama bin Laden yet?

Yes, there is.  The world awaits word from … the prolific Glenn Greenwald.  Nothing on Twitter, or at Salon.com. 

Extra-judicial killing, with

A motion has been filed in California federal District Court seeking to vacate former Chief Judge Vaughn Walker’s ruling holding that Prop. 8 violated the United States Constitution.  A copy of the motion is here.  As a matter of routine, the movants selected a hearing date for the motion in July...

Under pressure from groups opposed to the Defense of Marriage Act, the large Atlanta law firm King & Spalding is seeking to withdraw from representation.  In a transparently phony excuse, the head of the firm blames an improper “vetting” process, when everyone in the world knows that the reason King &...

On November 29, 2008, in the wake of the Mumbai massacre and the election of Barack Obama (no connection drawn, just historically close in time), I wrote of the dilemma faced on whether to kill or capture terrorists: Giving Terrorists “Rights” May Lead To More Terrorist Deaths

The issue was whether, in...

Mike Allen at Politico created news yesterday, by reporting that Shoe-bomber Richard Reid was read Miranda rights in December 2001.

The argument goes that since the Shoe-bomber was given Miranda rights while George Bush was President in December 2001, Obama is insulated from criticism for the decision to read Miranda...

Headline Sunday: Brennan: Some Guantanamo detainees will go to Yemen

Headline today: Freed Guantánamo inmates are heading for Yemen to join al-Qaeda fight

Nothing to see here, move along.

Update – New headline this afternoon, U.S. suspends Guantanamo prisoner transfer to Yemen
(emphasis mine):

“While we remain committed to closing the (Guantanamo) facility, a determination has...

Headline yesterday: Yemen’s Chaos Aids the Evolution of a Qaeda Cell

Headline this morning: US, UK close Yemen embassies over al-Qaida threats

Headline this morning: Brennan: Some Guantanamo detainees will go to Yemen

Headline six months from now when another detainee released to Yemen tries to blow up something: “We failed to connect the...

Reports indicate that two of the planners of the attempted airplane bombing over Detroit were released Gitmo detainees, Muhamad Attik al-Harbi and Said Ali Shari. Each of these detainees went through a military hearing system and were released in 2007.

At that time, the...

There will be plenty of time to analyze the wisdom or lack thereof in bringing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to New York City for a civilian criminal trial.

Plenty of times as in years and possibly decades of legal wrangling over a host of issues. But it is worth noting what KSM’s...

Justice Department announces that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is coming to NYC for a civilian court trial, with all the melodrama and

Gateway Pundit has a good update on the murder of Ilan Halimi:

Ilan was lured to his death by a woman he had met in his telephone store. They met up late on the night of January 20, 2006, in one of Paris’s southern suburbs, Bagneux. She was what is called a...

Obama is giving his speech now on the issue of terrorist detention policy and the closing of Gitmo. I’ll leave it to others to parse all aspects of the speech, although it is clear that the overriding theme is: “It’s not my fault, blame Bush.” As if no other President in...

Harry Reid made the following statement yesterday regarding the Democrats’ flip-flop on closing the prison at Guantanomo Bay, and bringing the detainees to prisons in the United States. Reid rejected the idea, stating:

“Can’t put them...