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As Wells has been reporting from Ft. Meade, the mammoth motions hearing in United States v. Mohammed et al resumed today at Guantanamo Bay. -
October 15 Commissions Session #5: the Right to Be Present and the Obligation to Attend, Part Two
Lunchtime comes to a close; we thus return to presence and absence matters, and a few concluding remarks by defense counsel. Lawyers for KSM, al-Hawsawi and Bin Attash contribute a few comments. The la... -
October 15 Commissions Session #4: The Right to Be Present and the Obligation to Attend
Our next topic is presence. No, not the Led Zeppelin album by that name. The issue, raised by Judge Pohl and now addressed by the Chief Prosecutor, instead is whether, and under what circumstances, a war... -
The Significance of Panetta’s Cyber Speech and the Persistent Difficulty of Deterring Cyberattacks
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta’s speech last week on cyber is more significant than has been reported. Most of the coverage focused on Panetta’s grave warnings about cyber threats facing the nation, ... -
October 15 Commissions Session #3: Wherein Conflicts Are Waived
We’re back from recess. But before we turn to the next motion---AE53, regarding a potential conflict of interest---Commander Walter Ruiz has another point about the motion that the court just took under... -
October 15 Commissions Session #2: Another Learned Counsel for al-Hawsawi?
That’s it for procedural stuff; we thus return to Ruiz, and his client’s desire for the appointment of another lawyer with a background in capital cases. Before Ruiz can begin, Judge Pohl reminds the la... -
October 15 Commissions Session #1: Housekeeping Stuff
Judge James Pohl takes the bench and calls the hearing to order, his robes emanating (as always) rays of the purest judicial authority. “Please be seated,” he says. He clips on the microphone, which gr... -
Motions Hearing in the 9/11 Case: October 15
And we're back . . . at Fort Meade's Smallwood Hall, for the first day of this week's closed-circuit-broadcasted-from-Guantanamo hearing in USA v. Mohammed et al. We'll have updates throughout the day, ... -
Very Strange Column by the <em>New York Times</em> Public Editor
This is a very weird column by New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan. Sullivan, acknowledging that the Times has broken important stories about the CIA's drones program and has sought more infor... -
State Department Background Briefing on Libya
The following State Department teleconference on Libya took place the other day: Office of the Spokesperson Background Conference Call With Senior State Department Officials Washington, DC October 9, ... -
Call for Papers and Attendees: 6th Annual National Security Law Workshop
I'm very pleased to announce that the 6th Annual National Security Law Workshop will take place May 16-17, 2013, at the U.S. Army JAG School in Charlottesville, VA! The call for papers and attendees is ... -
Statement from the Chief Prosecutor Regarding This Week's Hearing in the 9/11 Case
Brigadier General Mark Martins, the Chief Prosecutor for the military commissions at Guantanamo, has released this statement regarding this week's motions hearing in United States v. Mohammed et al.
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