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The unofficial transcript from the al Nashiri hearing yesterday at Guantanamo is available here.
A few additional documents relevant to the ongoing hearing have recently been made available on the case'...
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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...
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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...
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By Benjamin Wittes & Ritika Singh
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By Benjamin Wittes & Ritika Singh
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Ben and Ritika are off to watch the Al Nashiri trial in an undisclosed location, even though the official transcripts for these commissions will be treated as "top secret," Josh Gerstein tells us.
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By Benjamin Wittes & Ritika Singh
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The Constitution Project will be hosting a teleconference debate tomorrow (Wednesday) from 2:15 PM to 3:15 PM EST on the constitutionality of President Obama's recent recess appointments. Details below t...
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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...
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By Benjamin Wittes & Ritika Singh
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By Benjamin Wittes & Ritika Singh
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By Benjamin Wittes & Ritika Singh
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The European Court of Human Rights has issued a ruling (Othman (Abu Qatada) v. United Kingdom (E. Ct. Hum. Rts Jan.
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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...
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By Benjamin Wittes & Ritika Singh
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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.
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Back in October, we linked to a very interesting "green paper" produced by the UK Ministry of Justice addressing issues associated with secrecy, intelligence, security, and justice. Clive Walker (Leeds)...
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Interesting comments on the interplay of IHL and IHRL here from Jens David Ohlin (Cornell), whose new blog Lieber Code is well worth reading on a regular basis. [Update: Gabor Rona responds to Jens here...
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We've written previously about the Fourth Circuit's (upcoming) en banc rehearing of Al-Shimari v. CACI International, Inc. and Al-Quraishi v.
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Thomas B. Nachbar is a most remarkable law professor. A few years ago, after having achieved wide recognition as a senior University of Virginia scholar known for his work in technology and regulation, ...