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The <em>Clapper</em> Fix: Congress and Standing to Challenge Secret Surveillance
As the Supreme Court's October 2012 Term enters its climactic closing week, I've been thinking a lot about the most important national security decision of the Term--the 5-4 February 26 decision in < -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In testimony before the Senate Judiciary committee yesterday, outgoing FBI Director Robert Muller acknowledged that his agency uses drones to conduct surveillance within the United States in a "very, ver... -
6/20 Motions Session #1: First Woods, Then Rule 505(h)
We would hear the gavel bang, but there doesn’t appear to be a gavel inside the Expeditionary Legal Complex courtroom. At any rate, the military judge, Army Col. James Pohl, ascends the bench and calls ... -
9/11 Case Motions Hearing: June 20 Session
At approximately 0900, Lawfare will continue its coverage of pretrial proceedings in the 9/11 military commission case. -
Technical Difficulties
For those readers who haven't noticed, Lawfare has been experiencing significant technical difficulties over the past 36 hours---intermittent outages ranging from a few minutes to, in a couple of cases, ... -
Offline -- The Chinese Peril
Those who follow my blog posts devoutly (both of you :-)) will be sad to learn that I will be off-line from now until the July 4th holiday. Of course, as with everything I write about, the underlying re... -
6/19 Motions Hearing #6: Woods' Words
Crackles can be heard as lapel mics are adjusted and our proceedings are called back to order. A cell phone detection alert in the courtroom caused our most recent technical outage. Judge Pohl asks all... -
6/19 Motions Session #5: How the Woods Order Worked
We return from lunch curious about whether video teleconference issues have been resolved. That would allow us to hear from Admiral David Woods, former commanding officer at GTMO, once again. It turns ... -
6/19 Motions Session #4: The MCA 2009 and Congress's Intent
Our proceedings resume, and all wonder: do the machines work? They may soon, as the commission gives the technical folks until 1300 to resolve any outstanding issues. We’ll thus work on some other odds... -
6/19 Motions Session #3: Fits and Starts
Technical snags resolved---or, at least worked around temporarily---we return to J. Connell III’s examination of Admiral Woods. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Carol Rosenberg wrote about yesterday's arguments in the 9/11 hearings on defense counsel's request for access to the Red Cross's reports of its interviews with the five accused. -
6/19 Motions Session #2: Another Day, Another Admiral
Rear Admiral David Woods appears now, by video teleconference. J. Connell III, Ammar al-Baluchi’s lawyer, questions Woods in connection with AE008, AE18, and AE32---motions to dismiss for defective refe...
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