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Official Word on Stephen Preston
The White House has now officially announced the President's intent to nominate Stephen Preston as General Counsel of the Pentagon. The statement says in relevant part: Stephen W. Preston, Nominee for G... -
USG Reducing the Number of Would-be Commissions Defendants, In Light of Hamdan and Al-Bahlul
That's the essence of Jane Sutton's Reuters story. Not exactly unexpected news, given recent D.C. Circuit decisions, a likely-though-still-uncertain ruling from that same court sitting en banc, and pr... -
June 11 Session #7: "It's All Hearsay"
In AE109, Al-Nashiri’s lawyers ask Judge Pohl to take judicial notice that the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause applies to military commissions. As a general matter, says Kammen, the rule is that ... -
June 11 Session #6: On Recording 802 Conferences
Lunch recess comes to a close and the commission is again called to order. Before moving to our next docket item, Kammen identifies his pending expert requests. Then he registers another complaint abou... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Keith Bradsher of the New York Times reports that Hong Kong is likely to extradite Edward Snowden if asked to by the U.S. government. From the Department of You Really Can’t Make This Up: Russia has cal... -
Hardware Vulnerabilties and Military Chips
I know it is hard to turn our attention away from the NSA spying programs, but it might be worthwhile to consider that other significant threats to American security exist, possibly even ones greater the... -
June 11 Session #5: A DIVO, No?
On to the discipline of Defense-Initiated Victim/Survivor Outreach, or DIVO (AE107). Kammen and crew seek funding for two DIVO liaisons. In prior proceedings, Judge Pohl asked to hear more about DIVO ... -
June 11 Session #4: Spiraling Towards Contraband Policy
Defense lawyer Richard Kammen speaks about AE27L---a motion to enforce compliance with a commission order, so far as concerns spiral notebooks, eyeglasses, writing utensils, eyeglasses and similar items ... -
June 11 Session #3: Welsh and Bogdan Will Do Just Fine
Aaaaaand we’re back. AE149 is up next. It’s a motion to compel, regarding witnesses to certain alleged monitoring---specifically, electronic monitoring of attorney-client meetings at Echo II, where det... -
June 11 Session #2: Who Gets to Talk about IT Issues
The in-court audio gadgets having been satisfactorily adjusted, the hearing picks up again. Some more odds and ends noted for the record: the court raises the recent Rule 706 examination requested by th... -
June 11 Session #1: Departures and Arrivals
The proverbial gavel sounds; the military judge, resplendent as ever in his robes, returns; Al-Nashiri’s case resumes. He is in the courtroom, seated at the far left of counsel table. -
Al-Nashiri Motions Hearing: June 11 Session
Your correspondents return to Fort Meade in order to observe---via almost live, closed circuit television---four days of pretrial proceedings in United States v. Al-Nashiri. The hearing in the capital m...
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