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8/20 Motions Session #5: Protect-o-Rama, Part Four
13HH beckons. -
8/20 Motions Session #4: Protect-o-Rama, Part Three
Next in the protective order queue is AE013GG. In it, Connell’s client asks to amend the protective order so as to permit the limited sharing of ICRC materials with defense personnel. This stems from A... -
8/20 Motions Session #3: Protect-o-Rama, Part Two
James Connell III marches on to the next installment in our nine-strong protective order motions argument: AE013FF, a defense motion to amend the order’s “secure area” requirement. (Nine motions on the ... -
8/20 Motions Session #2: Protect-o-Rama, Part One
We pick up with AE013, regarding the protective order---that is, with a battery of some nine motions addressing proposed modifications to the order. The task of arguing them falls mostly to J. Connell II... -
8/20 Motions Session #1: In Which Gastritis Does Not Become an Issue
It’s on again: day two of this week-long pre-trial session. All accused are absent, save Ramzi bin al Shibh. Four no-shows, of course, means a quick back-and-forth between prosecutor Bob Swann and Lt. ... -
8/19 Motions Session #8: Doctor No. . . Name
We’re back. And lo, our witness, a GTMO staff physician, is seated next to Judge Pohl already. Normally, according to Cheryl Bormann, a closed-session would take place to discuss a defendant’s medical c... -
8/19 Motions Session #7: Is There a Doctor in the House?
Our latest recess is over, and Judge Pohl begins by noting Walid bin Attash’s absence. This prompts Cheryl Bormann to report on her client’s status in further detail. He will be seen by a gastrointestina... -
8/19 Motions Session #6: Bin Attash Health Matters
A longer-than-usual lunch break concluded, the commission is reconvened. The accused are present, save Al-Hawsawi (who departed as per his announced plan) and bin Attash. The latter reportedly is nearby... -
8/19 Motions Session #5: Em, Oh, You
Recess is over, and the parties and court resume discussion of the Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) regarding rules imposed by the case’s protective order---and the refusal, by defense counsel for fou... -
8/19 Motions Session #4: CAT versus MOU
Remember the protective order (AE013)---that governing the management of national security information in the case? -
8/19 Motions Session #3: The Guy in the Room When Hawsawi Was Questioned
The commission is called to order after a brief recess, and all accused are present. On behalf of Mustafa Al-Hawsawi, CDR Walter Ruiz reminds the court about his request to review an unredacted version o... -
8/19 Motions Session #2: One of the Guys Who Questioned Al-Hawsawi
Ruiz rises in connection with his attempt to uncover precisely what FBI interviewers did---and did not---glean about Al-Hawsawi’s facility with English, during a three-day 2007 GTMO interrogation session...
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