Aaaaand we’re back.  In AE184, Al-Nashiri seeks the military judge’s assistance, in sending a subpoena to Jose Rodriguez pursuant to Rule 703. That’s the controversial former CIA officer and author of “H...

AE197 is up next.  That’s the defense’s motion to dismiss for unlawful "command" influence.  A gentle correction from the bench: the military judge suggests, and defense attorney Army Maj. Thomas Hurley ...

This takes us to presence.  Does Al-Nashiri understand his right to attend the proceedings, and the consequences that might flow from even a knowing and voluntary waiver of that right?  After hearing the...

This morning, the UK’s Royal Court of Justice dismissed David Miranda’s application for judicial review of his nearly nine-hour detention at London’s Heathrow Airport last August. The Metropolitan police...

So does Al-Nashiri want to fire his Learned Counsel? That individual, attorney Richard Kammen, tells the military judge that he met with the accused for several hours Monday and Tuesday---and that lo, Al...

Today's Bits and Bytes starts out with an article about Bitcoin.  As the New York Times reports, Bitcoin is facing two challenges -- from regulators who want to bring the virtual currency under the umbre...

Over the weekend, I blogged over at Just Security about the al-Iraqi case pending before the military commissions at Guantánamo—and, in particular, Saturday’s New York Times story reporting that the gove...

For those of you who just can't get enough of debates featuring Atlantic writer Conor Friedersdorf, who appeared debating me on drones in this week's episode of the Lawfare Podcast. .

The pretrial session commences in unremarkable fashion, with some additions to the prosecution and defense teams; a few new lawyers put their credentials on the record. But then comes this unforeseen de...