The New York Times has this story by Charlie Savage, amusingly titled "State Dept.

You'll find a copy here. The Chief Prosecutor's statement naturally overviews the week's proceedings; one portion, however, addresses an issue not formally included on the docket but likely of interest t...

The parties return, the defense having debated and then chosen a procedure for litigating AE80, regarding the preservation of evidence of any existing detention facility.  Before we really learn from KSM...

We’re back from lunch, with all parties present.   A procedural tidbit before beginning: we’re told that classified session will commence this afternoon at 3 p.m., likely in connection with motions relat...

Alan Backstrom and Ian Henderson have a new draft working paper at SSRN, "New Capabilities in warfare: an overview of contemporary technological developments and the associated legal and engineering issu...

The protective order, and J. Connelll III’s now-famous demonstrative slides, return to center stage.  The lawyer’s subject: the protective order's definition of “unauthorized disclosure.” The latter sug...

We begin with AE20, regarding the time for the defense to respond to government motions.  The court thinks its moot. Bormann is back, and doesn’t touch AE20’s mootness.  Instead she pushes forward with ...

We turn to the motions set for argument on the amended docketing order---or, rather, to the order in which those motions will be argued.  (The docketing order didn't do that?) It turns out that we won’t ...

The hour arrives, and our hearing begins.  There’s Judge Pohl, looking resplendent as always in his judicial robes.   All five accused are present in the courtroom, though not all of their lawyers are.  ...