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How the United States Narrowly Avoided "Nuclear Mishap"
A historic marker titled "Nuclear Mishap" welcomes visitors to Eureka, North Carolina, population 200. The text reads: "B-52 transporting two nuclear bombs crashed. Jan. 1961. Widespread disaster averted... -
The Government's Opening Brief in the Counsel Access Case
The government has filed its opening, appellant brief in Hatim v. Obama, the "counsel access case" before the D.C. Circuit. Before describing the brief, a bit of background is in order: this past summer... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare In One Post
Big week down at Guantanamo. Wells was up to Fort Meade, covering this week's hearings in United States v. Mohammed et al, the 9/11 trial. -
9/20 Session #7: Argument on AE155
At long last we come to argument on AE155, the defense’s motion to abate. -
9/20 Session #6: What Bechtold Was Told
Walid Bin Attash’s lawyer, Cheryl Bormann, will question the long-testifying witness, Ronald Bechtold. -
9/20 Session #5: Still More IT
The witness: Ronald Bechtold, Pentagon IT Chief. His cross-examiner: J. Connell III. Their subject: You know well by now. AE155 and information technology are under discussion, still, at Guantanamo’s E... -
9/20 Session #4: All IT, All The Time
The lights dim here at Smallwood, as our piped-in-from-GTMO proceedings resume---with a quick summation of precisely what is pending before the court. Of course we have AE155, this week's motion to abat... -
9/20 Session #3: In Which a Course of Action is Discussed
James Connell III, Al-Baluchi’s Learned Counsel, cross-examines Bechtold and asks about the way forward---in particular, about our pair of much-discussed, would-be IT fixes, or “courses of action” intend... -
9/20 Session #2: Back to Bechtold
Now we carry on with the week’s central---and until this morning, only---agenda item: evidence bearing on AE155, the defense’s motion to abate or postpone the case, in light of information technology tha... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
As the U.N. considers the proposal to remove chemical weapons from Syria, the Economist writes about the implications of such a deal for the United States' role in the international community. -
9/20 Session #1: House, Kept
The dew glistens outside Meade’s Smallwood Hall. Inside, our grainy screen comes alive, and displays an image of the military judge, Army. Col. James L. Pohl. He ascends the bench and calls the proceedi... -
9/11 Case Motions Hearing: September 20 Session
Friday marks the last day of our week-long pre-trial session in United States v. Mohammed et. al. Lawfare is in the house, as always, and will be almost-live blogging the day's proceedings.
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