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It’s 9:01 am, and Military Judge James Pohl enters the courtroom, resplendent in his black robes, judicial authority emanating from his very being.
The first order of business is AE149, which the defens...
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I am puzzled by two news reports on USG cyber policy in the last few days. This AP story from Friday surprised me for what it revealed about the lethargic U.S. reaction to the now-many-years-old problem...
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A reminder, Lawfare fans: our military commissions coverage continues at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow, as hearings resume in United States v. al-Nashiri. The docketing order for this week's four-day session can b...
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Within hours of Friday’s suicide bombing, which killed one Turkish security guard, Turkish authorities had blamed the attack on a Turkish leftist group known as the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Part...
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I missed this week AEI's panel on Zero Dark Thirty and the reality of coercive interrogation at the CIA, though I have been meaning to watch the video.
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From Gregory McNeal via Twitter. Looks kinda cool.
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For the past few months, I have been thinking about how Lawfare might do more to bring readers information from non-lawyers with expertise critical to national security law and lawyering the modern age. ...
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Want to litigate habeas appeals for the government? Want to end the war so the government has to release habeas petitioners? Great new job postings on the Lawfare Job Board from the civil appellate staff...
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The D.C.
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Let’s begin with some of the coverage of Senator Chuck Hagel’s confirmation hearing yesterday.
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Here it is.
From the statement's discussion of Monday's break in CCTV audio and video, during remarks by KSM attorney David Nevin:
As in courts-martial, members of the Office of Military Commissions sta...
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Over at Secrecy News, Steve Aftergood has posted a new Congressional Research Service report entitled, "Integration of Drones into Domestic Airspace: Selected Legal Issues." The summary of the report, by...
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Today was the big day. Chuck Hagel faced his former colleagues who sit on the Senate Armed Services Committee today in his bid for SecDef. And just in time for this momentous day, a Republican Senator ha...
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A procedural note from commissions-land: in documents signed on Monday, the Convening Authority, Retired Vice Admiral Bruce MacDonald, dismissed sworn charges---material support and standalone conspiracy...
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Nevin at the podium. He wishes to make sure that Judge Pohl’s earlier ruling, regarding the cutting of the audio and video feed, takes effect immediately as announced. The court makes clear that no th...
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The recess concludes, and Judge Pohl takes the bench. First are a few remarks about logistics, including the use of demonstratives and multimedia. (J.
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We return to the ELC courtroom, where prosecutors and defense counsel all are present. The five accused are absent.
Prosecutor Robert Swann is first at the podium; his witness is MAJ Griffin---who test...
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The New York Times has this long article about the Noor Khan lawsuit in Britain, in which the son of a man killed in a drone strike in Pakistan has sued the British Foreign Secretary for information abou...
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A few days ago I posted a tongue-in-cheek reaction to President Obama’s inaugural address assertion that a “decade of war is now ending.” The post was a timeline of USG war-related events in the weeks b...
