Yesterday we flagged two amicus briefs filed on behalf of the petitioner in al-Bahlul v. United States by (1) the National Institute of Military Justice and (2) Professor David Glazier of Loyola Law Scho...

This morning Steve summarized the amicus brief he co-authored on behalf of the National Institute of Military Justice in support of the petitioner in al Bahlul v. United States.

On July 14, the en banc D.C. Circuit ruled in al Bahlul v. United States that "plain error" review applied to Bahlul's ex post facto challenge to his military commission convictions for conspiracy, mater...

Here it is. The seven-page, heavily redacted legal analysis was apparently released earlier today, as a consequence of the FOIA action brought by the New York Times and the ACLU.

With no more conflict motions for today, the Special Review Team swaps out and the normal prosecutors come back.

After agreeing Wednesday to reconsider the severance of Ramzi Binalshibh from the other four accused in the 9/11 case, Judge Pohl reconvenes the commission on Thursday with a full house—all five accused,...

Army Col. James Pohl starts Wednesday's brief session begins with a summary of where things stand in the case of United States v.

It's hard to imagine a place in the world where one would feel less threatened by geopolitics than Iceland. It's an island. It's pretty far from anywhere else. And it has very few people (the entire coun...

The military judge, Army Col. James Pohl, takes the bench.  Only one accused is present: Ramzi Binalshibh, whose case the court recently separated out from that against the other four accused in the 9/11...

This time, it's Mohammed Al-Adahi (remember him?). The opinion is by Judge Gladys Kessler.