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2/12 Hearing #4: From the Courtroom to Echo II
Lunch ends and our proceedings resume. Judge Pohl does so with a few logistical notes. Our marching orders later today may depend on witnesses' video tele-conference (VTC) scheduling; the parties thus c... -
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2/12 Hearing #3: On Documents, Recently Received
David Nevin stands and says he recently received some documents--evidently copies of emails--regarding CAPT Welsh, our next witness, and his intended testimony on AE133. The lawyer wants to read these b... -
2/12 Hearing #2: Audiovisual Club Part Two
Prosecutor Clay Trivett questions Elkins, turning first to his professional qualifications. -
2/12 Hearing #1: Audiovisual Club Part One
The Smallwood Screen comes alive, with Judge James Pohl seated at the familiar, authority-emanating bench. A glow likewise surrounds the wall’s JTF insignia; it seems to say, “let us reconvene and discu... -
Congressman Rogers on Congressional (and Personal) Oversight of the Obama Drone Program and USG Involvement in Al-Awlaki Strike; and the Implications for the ACLU FOIA Cases [UPDATED]
Congressman Mike Rogers, the Republican Chairmen of the House Intelligence Committee, revealed Sunday on Face the Nation much more than I had previously known about the nature and scope of congressional ... -
9/11 Case Hearing: February 12 Session
The dew glistens at Fort Meade's Smallwood Hall, where we've gathered for the second day of CCTV-broadcasted, pre-trial hearings in United States v. Mohammed et. al. Y'all know the drill: dispatches in ... -
Are People Overreading the White Paper on Imminence?
I received an email yesterday responding to Susan and my post, in which we suggested that that the White Paper had little new in it. Specifically, the email argued that Susan and I had understated the de... -
Readings: Herb Lin on "Defining Self-Defense for the Private Sector in Cyberspace"
Herb Lin of the National Research Council has just published an informative, brief article entitled, "Defining Self-Defense for the Private Sector in Cyberspace." It's a good primer on active cyberdefens... -
State/DoJ Assert Immunity for Former Pakistani Intelligence Chiefs...and the President of Cameroon
The distraction of the NDAA and the drone controversy led me to miss two other important lawfare developments in December: the Obama Administration asserted immunity for foreign government official defen... -
More on Asymmetries Between USG Response to Cyber Exploitation and Cyber Attack
I have been beating this one the death, and will not for a while after this, but the gap between the supposed threat of cyberespionage and our response to it continues to amaze. From Ellen Nakashima, we... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Now that the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (just the senators, remember, not the staff) has gotten its hands on the OLC memos related to the targeted killing program, many others are jockeying ...
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