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The Week That Was: All of Lawfare In One Post
This week, the uglier side of the U.S. targeted killing program received a few careful reviews: Ritika noted the release of two reports on drone strikes, one by Amnesty International and another by Human... -
Human Rights Watch Responds
Not to be outdone by Amnesty International, which responded earlier to my post on reports by Amenesty and Human Rights Watch, Letta Taylor of Human Rights Watch writes in with the following response as w... -
Statement by the Chief Prosecutor in the 9/11 Case
Here 'tis. The remarks of the Chief Prosecutor begin as follows: Good evening. This week, the Military Commission convened to try the charges against Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mu... -
General Keith Alexander on the NSA Scandals
I haven't watched this yet. Will publish thoughts on it after I have done so---if I have any. In the meantime, here are Josh Gerstein's from Politico: -
A Meta-Study of Drone Strike Casualties: Version 2.0
I've been thinking about the recent Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch reports in the context of my Meta-Study of Drone Strike Casualties from this summer, in which I examined the different met... -
10/25 Motions Session #7: Force Feeding Matters
Odds and ends are batted around, as some motions are deemed moot, and others are put off until the case’s December sitting. The whittling down takes us eventually to AE158, and to Ruiz’s bid to prevent ... -
10/25 Motions Session #6: When to Talk About When the Case Will Go to Trial
Next is AE175. It is perhaps the prosecution’s most hotly anticipated item, and for good reason. The motion asks the military judge to enter the prosecution’s proposed trial scheduling order. Among ot... -
Lisa Monaco in USA Today on Intelligence Review
White House counterterrorism adviser Lisa Monaco has a piece in USA Today on NSA surveillance matters. The key paragraph: All three branches of government play a role in overseeing our intelligence activ... -
10/25 Motions Session #5: On the Raising of Al-Qaeda Cash
We’re back from lunch. How shall we proceed? The Chief Prosecutor, Brig. Gen. Mark Martins, proposes beginning with a motion to compel, AE167, before moving on to, among other things, argument on AE120... -
On a Lamppost Near You
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10/25 Motions Session #4: Photos and 802 Conferences
Many different motions get batted around during the pre-lunch period, but only two take up substantial argument time. (The remainder---among other things, AE120, regarding the prosecution’s proposed cha... -
10/25 Session #3: KSM's ThinkPad
In our next item, AE149, the defense seeks the return of computer hard drives and DVDs. These contain information---discovery and materials KSM and company prepared themselves--- generated during the ol...
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