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Great Read on Counterintelligence
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... -
8/19 Motions Session #8: Doctor No. . . Name
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... -
8/19 Motions Session #7: Is There a Doctor in the House?
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... -
8/19 Motions Session #6: Bin Attash Health Matters
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... -
8/19 Motions Session #5: Em, Oh, You
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... -
8/19 Motions Session #4: CAT versus MOU
Remember the protective order (AE013)---that governing the management of national security information in the case? -
8/19 Motions Session #3: The Guy in the Room When Hawsawi Was Questioned
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... -
8/19 Motions Session #2: One of the Guys Who Questioned Al-Hawsawi
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... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
First stop, surveillance. Make that stopover nine hours. The Guardian reports that Glenn Greenwald's partner was detained for the maximum time allowed under the UK's controversial Terrorism Act while en ... -
Chief Prosecutor's Statement on August 19-23 Hearings in United States v. Mohammed et al.
Brigadier General Mark Martins's statement regarding this week's hearings in United States v. Mohammed et al. is available here. It opens: Good afternoon. Welcome to what has now officially been mea... -
8/19 Motions Session #1: Housekeeping
The fated hour arrives, and the military judge, Army Col. James Pohl, ascends the bench. Your correspondents hear the starting gun; our week-long hearing commences in earnest. -
Al Baluchi Defense Counsel Statement on Visiting JTF-GTMO's High-Value Detention Facility
Over the weekend, James Connell III, defense counsel to 9/11 co-defendant Ammar Al Baluchi, issued the following statement, regarding his apparently unprecedented August 15th visit to GTMO's high-value d...
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