Research and Commentary

Flowchart: How the Government Handles a Terrorist Threat

January 4, 2013, Benjamin Wittes and Daniel L. Byman

How to Handle a Citizen Terrorist? We Have an App for That

January 3, 2013, Benjamin Wittes and Daniel L. Byman

The Emerging Law of Detention 2.0: The Guantánamo Habeas Cases as Lawmaking

May 12, 2011, Benjamin Wittes, Robert M. Chesney, Larkin Reynolds and The Harvard Law School National Security Research Committee

Time for Obama to Embrace Guantanamo

January 21, 2011, Benjamin Wittes

Rationalizing Government Collection Authorities: A Proposal for Radical Simplification

January 7, 2011, Rabea Benhalim, Wells C. Bennett and Benjamin Wittes

Skip the Trials for Terrorists

November 19, 2010, Jack Goldsmith and Benjamin Wittes

Commission or Court for Khalid Sheik Mohammed? Yes

October 29, 2010, Benjamin Wittes

A Guantánamo Bay Habeas Corpus Case on Constitution Day

September 17, 2010, Benjamin Wittes

Presumed Innocent? Representing Guantánamo Detainees

March 24, 2010, Benjamin Wittes

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's Dispensable Trial

March 19, 2010, Jack L. Goldsmith and Benjamin Wittes

@ Brookings Podcast: The Politics and Perils of Guantánamo

March 5, 2010, Benjamin Wittes

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The Courts' Shifting Rules on Guantánamo Detainees

February 5, 2010, Robert M. Chesney and Benjamin Wittes

The Emerging Law of Detention: The Guantánamo Habeas Cases as Lawmaking

January 22, 2010, Rabea Benhalim, Robert M. Chesney and Benjamin Wittes

Why Obama Won't Close Guantánamo on Time

January 21, 2010, Benjamin Wittes

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The Scouting Report Web Chat: President Obama’s Progress on Closing Guantánamo

December 2, 2009, Benjamin Wittes

Detainee Abuse Reviewed

August 28, 2009, Benjamin Wittes

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United States Detention Policy: Will Obama Follow Bush or FDR?

June 29, 2009, Jack Goldsmith and Benjamin Wittes

Designing Detention: A Model Law for Terrorist Incapacitation

June 26, 2009, Colleen A. Peppard and Benjamin Wittes

The Supreme Court Confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor

May 27, 2009, Benjamin Wittes

Obama's Guantánamo Blueprint and America's Enemies

May 21, 2009, Benjamin Wittes

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The Best Judges Obama Can't Pick

May 3, 2009, Benjamin Wittes

President Obama's Plan to Close Guantánamo

January 22, 2009, Benjamin Wittes

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The Obama Orders: A Quick and Dirty Analysis

January 22, 2009, Benjamin Wittes

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The Challenges of Closing Guantánamo

January 13, 2009, Benjamin Wittes

Nuts and Deadbolts: A Blueprint for the Closure of Guantanamo Bay

December 8, 2008, Jack L. Goldsmith and Benjamin Wittes

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