Monster Motions Hearing Coming Up Wednesday in 9/11 Case

Benjamin Wittes
Monday, August 20, 2012, 12:12 PM

Hold onto your chairs. The motions hearing in the 9/11 military commissions case scheduled to begin on Wednesday promises to be a monster. The latest version of the docketing order is not yet public. The last one actually unsealed, however, has more than two dozen motions scheduled for consideration over up to six days. I will be there Wednesday through Friday. Wells will take over after that.

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Hold onto your chairs. The motions hearing in the 9/11 military commissions case scheduled to begin on Wednesday promises to be a monster. The latest version of the docketing order is not yet public. The last one actually unsealed, however, has more than two dozen motions scheduled for consideration over up to six days. I will be there Wednesday through Friday. Wells will take over after that.

Over the next couple of days, in advance of the hearing, we will be previewing some of the major issues that will be before Military Judge James Pohl.


Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books.

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