The Ninth Circuit narrowed the "state secrets" doctrine, removing the doctrine from use as a jurisdictional bar and restoring its utilization as an evidenciary rule. Links to the opinion and to explanatory materials about the decision are posted on the Court cases page.
Find a link to the newly-declassified Senate Armed Services Committee's 263-page report about the treatment of detainees in U.S. custody on the Legislative branch actions page. Scroll down to the 110th Congress: Hearings/Reports section. Reports and other summary information are posted there as well.
The Uighur detainees have filed a petition for cert. with the Supreme Court, challenging the D.C. Circuit's ruling that the courts are powerless to fashion a remedy for the detainees. Updates on the Baghram detainees' habeas petitions, the lawsuits on behalf of the Uighur detainees at G'Bay, and the newest developments in the Al-Marri, Rasul, and Odah cases are posted on the Court cases page.
Mark Danner reports in the NY Review of Books on the brutal treatment of detainees at CIA "black sites," as uncovered by the ICRC. For a link to the ICRC report, to Danner's two NYRB articles, and to his shorter op-ed in the NYT, click on the Other detention sites page.
Various new bills have been introduced in Congress. Check them out on the Legislative branch actions page.
We've added a link to the Classified Information Protection Act (CIPA), together with a very useful pocket guide for judges, distributed by the Federal Judicial Center. Click on the Legislative branch actions page and scroll down to the "U.S. Statutes" section.
