A decade into the" war on terror," the United States is starting to recover its balance. Plunged
by panic into enacting terrorism laws and rushing into effect terrorism policies that …

Although the conflict formerly known as the" war on terror" is now in its eighth year, key legal
issues governing the use of force and military detention remain largely unresolved. These …

A few months after his inauguration, US President Barack Obama presented an outline for
his new policy of handling foreign terrorism suspects held by the United States at the …

To better understand the situation of Jawad and his fellow detainees and the Obama-era
detainee legislation, it is useful to have an understanding of the historical and constitutional …

The piece proceeds in three sections. Section I is an introduction written by Major Frakt
providing context for his argument. Section II contains an annotated version of Major Frakt's …

On December 17, 2002, Mohammed Jawad, then about fourteen or fifteen years old,'was
arrested by Afghan police on suspicion of involvement in a single grenade attack on a US …

Since their inception in late 2001, the military commissions of Guantanamo have been
highly controversial and much-criticized. One area of criticism has been whether the military …

In July of 2008, just days before the first United States war crimes trial since the Second
World War, the defendant's lawyers made a final effort to stay the proceedings.'Salim …

Did the 9/11 atrocity ultimately prevail as an act of terror on the West? And is it perverse to
suggest that it did? Some two decades after this monstrosity it is now clear that its enormity …

Let me begin with a disclaimer. The opinions expressed herein are my own and do not
represent the views of the Department of Defense, the United States Air Force, the Office of …