Motion to compel number two (AE008M) pertains, like the day’s earlier motion, to the former Convening Authority’s testimony.  Retired Vice Admiral MacDonald told the commission that, during his pre-refer...

Motion to compel time---beginning with those regarding AE008, the defense’s motion to dismiss for defective referral.  First is a bid to compel testimony from Michael Breslin, legal advisor to the Conven...

And we’re off.

Lawfare's almost-live coverage of this week's motions hearings continue today at 0900 in the military commission case United States v. Mohammed et al. For those who missed our coverage earlier in the wee...

For years Martin Feldstein has been running a great seminar on the economics of national security at Harvard.  He has now established a national organization -- the Economics of National Security Associa...

My Brookings colleague Bill Galston has this thoughtful and important column in the Wall Street Journal on the tension between privacy and transparency in the recent controversies over intelligence colle...

The defense lawyer for Guantanamo detainee and military commission convict Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman Al-Bahlul has reported to the D.C. Circuit once more on his efforts to meet with his client. The D.C. Ci...

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The day’s final protective order motion: AE013JJ, Connell’s motion to amend the order, so as to permit an accused to participate in his own defense.  By this, Connell refers to the extent to which an acc...

James Connell III, an attorney for Ammar al-Baluchi and the day’s undisputed protective order maven, returns.  Now his subject is AE013II, wherein counsel has moved to clarify the protective order’s rule...

Harrington at the podium: after further discussion, the lawyer says he thinks that there are ongoing issues as between Binal Shibh and the guard force.  Harrington likely can deal with those.  If he can’...

The commission is again called to order.

13HH beckons.

Next in the protective order queue is AE013GG.  In it, Connell’s client asks to amend the protective order so as to permit the limited sharing of ICRC materials with defense personnel.  This stems from A...

James Connell III marches on to the next installment in our nine-strong protective order motions argument: AE013FF, a defense motion to amend the order’s “secure area” requirement.  (Nine motions on the ...

We pick up with AE013, regarding the protective order---that is, with a battery of some nine motions addressing proposed modifications to the order. The task of arguing them falls mostly to J. Connell II...

It’s on again: day two of this week-long pre-trial session.  All accused are absent, save Ramzi bin al Shibh.  Four no-shows, of course, means a quick back-and-forth between prosecutor Bob Swann and Lt. ...

Loyal readers, your Lawfare correspondents are ready to provide almost-live coverage of today’s hearings in United States v. Mohammed et al. Catch up on yesterday’s live blogs here. We will follow our us...

From the estimable Muna Shikaki of Al Arabiya News Channel