CIA discovery---the subject of Judge Pohl’s ruling in AE120C, and a subsequent order on reconsideration---is still before us. In motion AE120BB, the defense seeks a timeline for getting its hands on such...

And lo, defense motion AE120S is before us. In it, the defense moves to compel production of an index of outstanding and denied discovery. But its not just any discovery we're talking about, as Capt. Da...

Not too long after lunch’s conclusion, court and counsel confront the question: will Judge Spath recuse himself from service as presiding judge, having served on the case for only a few weeks? Nope. Exp...

We continue with Learned Counsel Richard Kammen’s questioning of Air Force Col. Vance Spath, the case’s new and recently detailed military judge. The defense has asked Judge Spath to recuse himself, giv...

The scene on the grainy Fort Meade screen is different: there’s a new judge. Consistent with a recent and abrupt change-up in the case, the judicial bench is filled today not by Army Col. James Pohl, bu...

Today your correspondent returns to Fort Meade, to take in CCTV-broadcasted, pre-trial hearings in the military commission case of United States v. Al-Nashiri.  The hearing gets underway at Guantanamo at...

Last night, Wells posted a statement by Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins about the weeklong Nashiri hearing getting under way today at Guantanamo.

The Chief Prosecutor's statement regarding the week-long hearing, which gets underway tomorrow, can be found here. It opens:

I'm pleased to note that Lawfare's good friend Geoff Corn has entered into the public discussion of autonomous weapon systems (AWS) with a new paper posted to SSRN, "Autonomous Weapon Systems: Legal Cons...

Editor’s Note: The chaos in Iraq has intensified since U.S. forces withdrew at the end of 2011, leading many to question the wisdom of that decision. Although the clock cannot be rolled back—and some see...