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4/24 Motion Hearing #1: Dr. Sondra Crosby
The court begins Thursday's session with AE205K, a government request, opposed by the defense, that a witness be allowed to testify under a pseudonym. CDR Brian Mizer explains that this is a general obj... -
Your Friday Afternoon FISC 215 Document Dump
Now available: a six-strong batch of -
3D Printing on the High Seas
I knew this was coming. Just not this soon. The Navy is sending a 3D printer to sea. It's a small step: "The crew has been making everything from disposable medical supplies (think plastic syringes), ... -
4/23 Motion Hearings #5: A Multiplicity of Charges
To close out the unclassified portion of the afternoon session, the court hears argument on AE231-234, all defense motions to dismiss charges for multiplicity. The defense first raises AE231, seeking di... -
HPSCI in the Next Congress
What follows is rank speculation. It is teasing out a trend from some isolated facts and it may well be completely in error. But, that having been said, the tea leaves tell me that the future holds a f... -
Al-Nashiri Motions Hearing: April 24 & 25 Sessions
The military commission at Guantanamo continued pre-trial motion litigation in United States v. Al-Nashiri yesterday and today. We will be digging through the transcripts to provide summaries of key moti... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Ukraine and Russia are moving closer to a direct armed confrontation, following, as the Washington Post puts it, “tit-for-tat military movements.” Several pro-Russian militants were killed by Ukrainian f... -
Hypocrisy Revealed! U.S. Exploits Vulnerabilities, Gathers Foreign Intelligence
We now know the shocking truth. The FBI has successfully exploited a software vulnerability to obtain access, through recruited hackers, to networks operated by the governments of Brazil, Pakistan, Nige... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
We begin with foreign affairs: Israel just halted peace talks with Palestine, reports the Associated Press. The move comes as a response to the unity pact signed by the PLO and Hamas yesterday evening, i... -
New Draft Article, "The Fourth Amendment and the Global Internet"
I have a new forthcoming article that may be of interest to readers: The Fourth Amendment and the Global Internet, forthcoming in the Stanford Law Review. Here's the abstract: This article considers h... -
4/23 Motion Hearings #4: Still More Discovery & Jury Sequester
The court begins the afternoon session with quick consideration of one more defense discovery motion, AE226, seeking exculpatory information from a case in the Southern District of New York pertaining to... -
The Al-Awlaki Decision: No Triumph for Transparency?
On Monday, a three-judge Second Circuit panel ordered the Obama administration to disclose a redacted copy of the Office of Legal Counsel memorandum outlining its legal justification for the targeted kil...
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