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10/25 Motions Session #1: Discovery Channel
Sox and Cards gear donned, game faces on, the parties and military judge reconvene. Lo and behold, four of the five accused are in the courtroom, the sole absentee being Mustafa Al-Hawsawi. He is so la... -
The Cairo Diary: Danger, Ebbing Freedom, and the Urge to Martyrdom
On Monday night in Cairo, masked men on a motorcycle gunned down a man, a woman and an eight-year-old child as they came out of a wedding. Tuesday morning a 12-year-old girl, who was also critically inju... -
9/11 Case Motions Hearing: October 25 Session
Today marks the fourth and final day in this week's pretrial hearing in United States v. Mohammed et. al. We expect a gavel bang at 9:00, and will, as always, post reports on the proceedings in our "Eve... -
Dispatch from Berlin on a Diplomatic Disaster
A diplomatic disaster for the United States is currently unfolding in Berlin. The revelation that the NSA may have monitored cell phone conversations and text messages of Chancellor Angela Merkel has led... -
More on the Amnesty and Human Rights Watch Reports
Over at Security States today, Ken and I have a piece adapted in part from my post of Wednesday (to which Amnesty International responds here) on the recent Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch r... -
Amnesty International Responds
Avner Gidron, senior policy adviser with Amnesty International, responds to my discussion of Amnesty's new report on drone strikes in Pakistan: Perhaps it is not surprising that Benjamin Wittes disagrees... -
10/24 Motions Session #4: Odds and Ends
Remember the possibility, raised earlier in the week, of stipulations regarding Al-Hawsawi’s language capability, during the case’s pre-referral phase? Ruiz brings the matter up once more, having in min... -
10/24 Motions Session #3: More Massucco
Lunch is done. The buffet and fixin’s are put aside here at Smallwood, as attention returns to the CCTV screen, and CDR George Massucco once more in the witness stand. -
Reforming the NSA Surveillance Programs – The Testimony I Would Have Given
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence was to have had a hearing today on proposed reforms to the NSA surveillance programs. I was invited as a witness on a panel with Steve Bradbury and S... -
10/24 #2: Massucco, On Direct and Cross
Ruiz returns to his chat with Massucco, who remains on the stand. The witness recalls a JTF inquiry into the February search, though he wasn’t involved in it personally. When Ruiz asks for additional d... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
President Obama met with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the White House yesterday. Among other things, the pair talked about US drone strikes along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, and Prime Mi... -
10/24 Motions Session #1: Those Best Situated to Testify About a Search of Al-Hawsawi's Cell
The lights dim at Smallwood. There’s some grainy imagery here, some white noise there, as the military judge affixes his lapel mic and resumes the pretrial session at Guantanamo. Four accused are in th...
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