Quasi-Liveblogging Al-Nashiri

Ritika and I are at Fort Meade, sitting in a small theater in front of a large screen--on which we have a video feed from the Al-Nashiri military commission hearing shortly to get under way from Guantanamo Bay. We posted a preview of the motions under discussion last night. Because the Defense Department has been good enough to allow us computers and internet access in the screening room (thereby putting the D.C. Circuit's information policies to shame), we are going to try something new today--something that may or may not work. We are going to try to quasi-liveblog this hearing--providing as detailed a post on each of the issues the court is going to hear in as close to real time as we can. As we will be moving fast here, we will not be putting a premium on things like style or proof-reading. Please forgive any typos. As we have already published summaries of the briefs, we will also not be giving much context or background, just the arguments the parties are making. As I say, I have never done this before, and it may not work. I reserve the right to pull the plug on this experiment at any time during the day and write up the day's events at my leisure later on. The hearing is scheduled to start at 10:00 am. So stay tuned . . . .