DC Circuit overturns release of Guantanamo detainee

[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] on Wednesday released a partially redacted opinion [PDF] in Latif v. Obama, overturning the release order [JURIST report] for Yemeni Guantanamo detainee Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif [NYT profile]. The redaction at times covers entire sections, but reveals strong divisions between the deciding judges. The unredacted portion of the majority opinion largely focuses on the district court’s failure to afford the evidence of the government—intelligence reports—a presumption…