Back in 2011, I posted on the civilian criminal prosecution of a pair of former Iraqi residents Mohanad Shareef Hamadi and Waad Ramadan Alwan.  Both men were charged with having been involved in the insu...

Although our own coverage of this week's pre-trial proceedings in the 9/11 military commission trial at Guantánamo already covered the issue in some detail, I couldn't help but be taken by Amy Davidson's...

On All Things Considered this evening, NPR's Ari Shapiro ran this story on the closing of Amb.

As is now familiar to everyone, rather difficult questions arise when we discuss the scope of the AUMF, the current scope of "al Qaeda," the meaning of "associated forces," and the circumstances under wh...

AE50, our day's last, is James Connell III’s request to compel the production of three witnesses. The first is Robin Maher, an attorney who helped to develop the ABA’s guidelines on capital cases---a le...

Your correspondent returns to Fort Meade's Smallwood Hall, for Lawfare's CCTV coverage of a second day of hearings in United States v. Mohammed et.

MAJ Sterling Thomas, on behalf of Ammar al-Baluchi, argues AE93---in which Thomas and James Connell III ask the court to grant their client a brief, audiovisual communication.  Ammar al-Baluchi desires t...

AE55 is up next. In it, the defense jointly seeks the release of redacted versions of pleadings containing classified materials.

Ruiz takes a third stab at AE108, first by emphasizing the justification behind his proposal for overnight visits to his client’s detention center: the lawyer needs to determine sleeping patterns, other ...

Lunch is done.  David Nevin notes the absence of co-counsel, Gary Sowards; prosecutors remind us that all five accused remain voluntarily absent. We circle back to AE108, regarding the conditions of con...

We move now to AE108, a defense effort to inquire into the current conditions of the accuseds’ confinement.  Day-to-day life at the detention center is a subject for LCDR Walter Ruiz, Mustafa al-Hawsawi’...