President Barack Obama has drawn praise, but his use of the “state secrets” privilege to squash lawsuits on torture and surveillance is drawing mounting opposition....
One of the most intriguing aspects of the Obama administration's still-evolving counter-terrorism policy is the move away from the term "war on terror"....
News outlets proclaimed the end of an era earlier this month as the Justice Department filed a brief in federal court that dropped the use of the term "enemy combatant" from its description of those who may legally be detained at Guantánamo Bay.
The D.C. Circuit granted the Justice Department not one but two extensions to file its opening brief in a lawsuit to enforce subpoenas against two Bush White House aides....
