Al Rabiah v. United States; error correction: it was Camp Bucca that closed, not Cropper; DOJ letter supporting reauthorization of roving wiretap, business records, and “lone wolf” provisions

1. Al Rabiah v. United States (D.D.C. Sep. 17, 2009)

Judge Kollar-Kotelly has granted habeas relief to Al Rabiah.  No underlying opinion available to the public yet, but the short order is posted here.  I will post the opinion as soon as possible.  It is certain to be interesting…

2. Error Correction – Camp Bucca, not Camp Cropper, has already closed

Yesterday I noted the Times article on the closure of detention facilities in Iraq.  In my haste, I wrote that Cropper was closed now, but in fact it is Camp Bucca that has closed already.  Thanks for the good catch, alert readers!

3. Letter from DOJ to Senator Leahy supporting reauthorization of certain PATRIOT Act and IRTPA provisions

Click here for DOJ’s six-page letter in support of reauthorization of FISA provisions on roving wiretaps and business records (both deriving from the PATRIOT Act) and “lone wolves” (from the IRTPA of 2004).

By Robert M. Chesney

Robert M. Chesney is Charles I. Francis Professor in Law at UT-Austin School of Law. Chesney is a national security law specialist, with a particular interest in problems associated with terrorism. Professor Chesney recently served in the Justice Department in connection with the Detainee Policy Task Force created by Executive Order 13493. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Law and National Security, a senior editor for the Journal of National Security Law & Policy, an associate member of the Intelligence Science Board, a non-resident senior fellow of the Brookings Institution, a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the American Law Institute. Professor Chesney has published extensively on topics ranging from detention and prosecution in the counterterrorism context to the states secrets privilege. He served previously as chair of the Section on National Security Law of the Association of American Law Schools and as editor of the National Security Law Report (published by the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Law and National Security). His upcoming projects include two books under contract with Oxford University Press, one concerning the evolution of detention law and policy and the other examining the judicial role in national security affairs.

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