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As the U.N. considers the proposal to remove chemical weapons from Syria, the Economist writes about the implications of such a deal for the United States' role in the international community.
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The dew glistens outside Meade’s Smallwood Hall. Inside, our grainy screen comes alive, and displays an image of the military judge, Army. Col. James L. Pohl. He ascends the bench and calls the proceedi...
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Friday marks the last day of our week-long pre-trial session in United States v. Mohammed et. al. Lawfare is in the house, as always, and will be almost-live blogging the day's proceedings.
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Kevin Gosztola at Firedoglake has a copy of a two-page letter from NSA Director Gen.
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Over at Foreign Policy, Shane Harris has a story about Nathan Myhrvold's Lawfare Research Paper Series paper: "Strategic Terrorism: A Call to Action." Along the way, it also contains some nice words abou...
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Our recess ends. Brent Glover, encryption maven, abbreviation jockey and government witness, is recalled. Cheryl Bormann has but one question, about the scope of Glover’s testimony and expertise: this de...
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Walid Bin Attash’s Learned Counsel, Cheryl Bormann, pushes on with the afternoon’s tech-laden discussion, and the government’s witness, Brent Glover. She brandishes a demonstrative, which lists several ...
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The government will call its witnesses now, with respect to AE155---the defense motion to abate in light of IT problems. Leading off is Brent Glover, head of DoD’s Washington Headquarters Services Ident...
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Your correspondents, court, counsel and two accused return from lunch; Wendy Kelly, Chief of Operations for the Convening Authority, returns to the stand.
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Syria's back on the front pages. President Bashar al-Assad, in an interview with Fox News, flatly denied his regime used chemical weapons and accused rebel groups of responsibility for the August 21 at...
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The Chief Prosecutor swears in our next AE 155-related witness: Wendy Kelly, an attorney and Chief of Operations for the Convening Authority. David Nevin, one of KSM’s lawyers, questions her, first abou...
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Scott Parr, Branch Chief for Information Technology at the Office of Military Commissions (“OMC”) and the Convening Authority, is on the witness stand. Questioning him is Gary Sowards, one of KSM’s attor...
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Buckle up, Smallwood CCTV fans; we’re back in session at Guantanamo’s Expeditionary Legal Complex, Courtroom 2.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Walid Bin Attash are the only two accused present. The absences...
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Your Lawfare correspondent returns to Fort Meade today for another day of hearings in United States v. Mohammed et.
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Our piece last night summarizing the just-released FISC opinion on Section 215 bulk metadata collection unleashed a storm of protest that caught us a little by surprise.
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The prosecutor Edward Ryan cross-examines the Chief Defense Counsel, and moves, after a few initial questions, to her ethical obligations. Under them, Mayberry must make only a “reasonable effort” to en...
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David Nevin resumes his discussion with the defense’s witness, Air Force Col. Karen Mayberry, the Chief Defense Counsel at the Office of Military Commissions. The pair discuss information technology prob...
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Here’s a quick read-out from Tuesday’s oral argument in a trio of cases concerning detainees captured outside of Afghanistan, but eventually transferred to the custody of the U.S. military and held at a ...
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First, some additional information has come out about the Navy Yard shooter: He purchased the shotgun a day before in northern Virginia, says NPR, and the red flags in his previous actions just weren't r...
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Do other counsel want to talk to Mayberry? One of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s lawyers, David Nevin, does.
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