By Benjamin Wittes & Ritika Singh   The last issue on the agenda is that of the trial schedule. But first, after securing the defense’s clarification that it is not seeking a speedy trial, Judge Pohl and...

By Benjamin Wittes & Ritika Singh   Leaving the subject of mail, Judge Pohl announces that the parties have resolved on their own the issue that gave rise to government motion AE014 and that a protectiv...

By Benjamin Wittes & Ritika Singh The Al-Nashiri military commission reconvenes this morning at 9:40 after a lengthy and unexplained delay. There are four matters left for Judge Pohl to consider: Issues ...

Chief Prosecutor for Military Commissions Mark Martins spoke after the Al-Nashiri hearing yesterday. His remarks are below. We do not have any statement from the defense, as Ben and Ritika did not stay a...

Against the al-Nashiri backdrop, the government has now filed its brief on the merits in United States v. Hamdan (the first post-conviction appeal under the Military Commissions Acts of 2006 and 2009), w...

By Benjamin Wittes & Ritika Singh

By Benjamin Wittes & Ritika Singh

By Benjamin Wittes & Ritika Singh

Military Judge Pohl next turns to the question of ex parte requests to the Convening Authority for expert assistance (AE010). Richard Kammen, for the defense, explains that the Convening Authority has re...

By Benjamin Wittes & Ritika Singh

By Benjamin Wittes & Ritika Singh

By Benjamin Wittes & Ritika Singh

The European Court of Human Rights has issued a ruling  (Othman (Abu Qatada) v. United Kingdom (E. Ct. Hum. Rts Jan.

Ritika and I are at Fort Meade, sitting in a small theater in front of a large screen--on which we have a video feed from the Al-Nashiri military commission hearing shortly to get under way from Guantana...

By Benjamin Wittes & Ritika Singh

With Anwar al-Awlaki dead, one hears relatively little these days regarding the progress of events in Yemen in relation to AQAP and U.S.