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Gitmo Through NGO Eyes
GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA – I was privileged to be one of six representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) invited by the Office of Military Commissions to observe the guilty plea of Ibrahim al...
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Article 75 and Its Implications on Military Commissions
In addition to the always outstanding analysis provided by Bobby Chesney and John Bellinger on the Obama administration’s new executive order on GTMO detention review, and the accompanying “Fact...
View ArticleDetainee Interrogations: Key to Killing Osama bin Laden
Even though it has been several years since any new detainees have been transferred to Guantanamo Bay, the intelligence extracted from them is still proving its worth—in major and surprising ways....
View ArticleAmerican Society of Magazine Editors’ Disgraceful Award
Last week, the American Society of Magazine Editors’ awarded writer Scott Horton with their National Magazine Award for Reporting. The problem is, his story was a complete fiction and its flaws had...
View ArticleMorning Bell: Confronting Terror The Best Way We Can
While opinions about America’s post–9/11 policies come and go, facts remain: The U.S. has thwarted 40 terrorist plots through an aggressive and prioritized plan of offense to protect America. That is...
View ArticleMorning Bell: Guantanamo Ten Years Later
His plan was to rip apart nightclubs with explosives, unleash a wave of destruction on bridges, and open fire on police officers–all in sunny Florida. This was the murderous intent of Sami Osmakac, 25,...
View ArticleMissing the Mark on Military Commissions
Last week, I again had the privilege of traveling to Guantanamo Bay to observe a military commission proceeding as an invited representative of a non-governmental organization (NGO), my employer, The...
View ArticleThe White House Disinformation Campaign on the Libya Attack
The Obama Administration has now acknowledged the glaringly obvious: that the four Americans who died in the September 11 attack in Libya “were killed in the course of a terrorist attack on our...
View ArticleMorning Bell: We Can’t Give Up on Afghanistan
Yesterday marked the 11-year anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, which was launched just three and a half weeks after the 9/11 attacks. Recently, U.S. troop deaths in Afghanistan...
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With Growing National Security Threats, A New Counterterrorism Direction Is...
JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom Later this week, President Obama will travel to the National Defense University (NDU) for a major policy address. Under massive pressure to address his...
View ArticleForward Progress: Guantanamo Bay Terrorist Pleads Guilty
Moments ago in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al Darbi pleaded guilty to all charges associated with the 2000 attack on the MV Limburg. Military commissions judge Air Force Colonel...
View ArticleWebb on Obama Administration: “They’ve said a lot of things”
This Sunday on This Week, Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) echoed a point we’ve been making for months: Guantanamo Bay is a distraction. The real issue is how to best establish a system for holding accountable and...
View ArticleThe Law Enforcement Approach to Terrorists Poses Serious Challenges
If the experience of our closest allies in the war against terrorists is any indication, taking a pure law enforcement approach is dangerous, ill-advised, and might not bear much fruit. In the United...
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Guest Blogger: Congressman Tom Rooney (R-FL) on the Tenuous Future of Gitmo
After taking office earlier this year, President Obama issued an executive order to close the detention facilities by the end of the year, without a plan for the relocation of over 200 detainees...
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Guantanamo Bay: Why the Rush?
On January 22nd, President Obama vowed to close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba by January 2010. The Washington Post reports today that the Administration is now considering moving...
View ArticleNo Courage from White House on Detainees
The Washington Post reports: The Obama administration has decided not to seek legislation to establish a new system of preventive detention to hold terrorism suspects and will instead rely on a 2001...
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Punting National Security To The Judiciary
In a stunning display of political cowardice, the Obama administration has decided not to seek specific congressional authorization for a prolonged detention statute for Guantanamo Bay detainees...
View Article“A Failure of Leadership” in Confronting Terrorism
Brookings Institution senior fellow Benjamin Wittes writes in today’s Washington Post: President Obama’s decision not to go to Congress for help in establishing reasonable standards for the continued...
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Statement by Former Attorney General Ed Meese on New York Terror Trials
Edwin Meese III, the Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow in Public Policy and Chairman of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation as well as the United States Attorney...
View ArticleMorning Bell: A Historically Bad Decision
Last Friday, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and five other terrorists would be tried in a civilian court in New York City rather than before a military tribunal....
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