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As Steve mentioned last night, a Department of Justice White Paper (not the famed OLC memo, that is) is now out. -
2/5 Al-Nashiri Hearing #2: De-Conflicting Dates
We’re back, and the parties jointly request a discussion of AE56---the government’s request for oral depositions. Regarding those, the dates the government proposed earlier are no longer feasible, for o... -
2/5 Al-Nashiri Hearing #1: Dr. Iacopino, I Presume
The commission is called to order, with all parties present---including the accused. The witness, Dr. Iacopino, also is “here,” albeit only virtually: he appears today by video teleconference ("VTC"), w... -
Motions Hearing in the Al-Nashiri Case: February 5 Session
This afternoon, we continue with a second day of almost-live, CCTV-broadcasted hearings in the military commission case of United States v. Al-Nashiri. As always, Lawfare is in the house---Fort Meade's ... -
Georgetown Law Event on Private Sector Careers 2/6
This event Wednesday at Georgetown University Law Center looks like a good one, and is open to all D.C.-area law students: The Georgetown National Security Law Society and The Office of Graduate Program... -
Brookings Foreign Policy Scholars Join Lawfare's Analytic Experiment
The other day, I announced a little experiment that grew out of a conversation with Aaron Zelin, an expert on jihadist groups at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy: Zelin pointed out that whil... -
DOJ White Paper on Targeted Killings
Michael Isikoff from NBC News has posted a copy of a 16-page DOJ "white paper" on the legality of targeted killings--especially vis-a-vis U.S. citizens. The memo itself is here; story here. I'm sure lot... -
Klaidman's Chronology of Changes to Drone Strike Procedures
Daniel Klaidman, author of the indispensible Kill or Capture (providing an inside glimpse into the evolution of the Obama administration's approach to counterterrorism in its first few years), today post... -
2/4 Nashiri Hearing #7: Some Rulings---and An Inversion
Judge Pohl is now ready to rule. As to Dr. Crosby, he says, the limitations placed on her by JTF-GTMO, to the extent they conflict with her best professional judgment, are unreasonable. The Convening Au... -
Motions Hearing in the Al-Nashiri Case: February 4 Session
We're back---live (sort of) from Guantanamo (sort of). It's Monday at Fort Meade, and that means it's time to open a multi-day motions hearing in the Nashiri military commission. You remember Abd al Rahi... -
2/4 Nashiri Hearing #6: A Medical Examination with Shackles, Guards, or Neither?
The last motion of the day is AO135, a defense motion to allow a doctor named Sondra Crosby to do an examination of Nashiri without either guards present or the patient shackled. Reyes explains that she’... -
2/4 Nashiri Hearing #5: A Skirmish Over the Good Doctor Iacopino
Break is over and Judge Pohl clearly hopes to resolve a group of motions before day’s end. The trouble is that these motions are all connected in a weird kind of string and he can’t resolve one without t...
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