It’s on again: day two of this week-long pre-trial session.  All accused are absent, save Ramzi bin al Shibh.  Four no-shows, of course, means a quick back-and-forth between prosecutor Bob Swann and Lt. ...

Loyal readers, your Lawfare correspondents are ready to provide almost-live coverage of today’s hearings in United States v. Mohammed et al. Catch up on yesterday’s live blogs here. We will follow our us...

From the estimable Muna Shikaki of Al Arabiya News Channel

In connection with the annual South-by-Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) conference here in Austin, UT’s Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law has proposed a nifty event focused on the ...

As is widely known, the greatest act of successful deception in modern military history is convincing the Germans -- at the decisive moment of WWII -- that the D-Day invasion would take place at Pas de C...

We’re back.  And lo, our witness, a GTMO staff physician, is seated next to Judge Pohl already. Normally, according to Cheryl Bormann, a closed-session would take place to discuss a defendant’s medical c...

Our latest recess is over, and Judge Pohl begins by noting Walid bin Attash’s absence. This prompts Cheryl Bormann to report on her client’s status in further detail. He will be seen by a gastrointestina...

A longer-than-usual lunch break concluded, the commission is reconvened. The accused are present, save Al-Hawsawi (who departed as per his announced plan) and bin Attash.  The latter reportedly is nearby...

Recess is over, and the parties and court resume discussion of the Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) regarding rules imposed by the case’s protective order---and the refusal, by defense counsel for fou...

Remember the protective order (AE013)---that governing the management of national security information in the case?

The commission is called to order after a brief recess, and all accused are present. On behalf of Mustafa Al-Hawsawi, CDR Walter Ruiz reminds the court about his request to review an unredacted version o...

Ruiz rises in connection with his attempt to uncover precisely what FBI interviewers did---and did not---glean about Al-Hawsawi’s facility with English, during a three-day 2007 GTMO interrogation session...