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The D.C. Circuit and the Guantánamo Detainees' Right of Access to Counsel
In describing Hatim v. Obama (the D.C. Circuit Guantánamo appeal in which the government filed its opening brief on Friday) as the "counsel access" case, Raff has hit the nail on the head. -
How the United States Narrowly Avoided "Nuclear Mishap"
A historic marker titled "Nuclear Mishap" welcomes visitors to Eureka, North Carolina, population 200. The text reads: "B-52 transporting two nuclear bombs crashed. Jan. 1961. Widespread disaster averted... -
The Government's Opening Brief in the Counsel Access Case
The government has filed its opening, appellant brief in Hatim v. Obama, the "counsel access case" before the D.C. Circuit. Before describing the brief, a bit of background is in order: this past summer... -
9/20 Session #7: Argument on AE155
At long last we come to argument on AE155, the defense’s motion to abate. -
9/20 Session #6: What Bechtold Was Told
Walid Bin Attash’s lawyer, Cheryl Bormann, will question the long-testifying witness, Ronald Bechtold. -
9/20 Session #5: Still More IT
The witness: Ronald Bechtold, Pentagon IT Chief. His cross-examiner: J. Connell III. Their subject: You know well by now. AE155 and information technology are under discussion, still, at Guantanamo’s E... -
9/20 Session #4: All IT, All The Time
The lights dim here at Smallwood, as our piped-in-from-GTMO proceedings resume---with a quick summation of precisely what is pending before the court. Of course we have AE155, this week's motion to abat... -
9/20 Session #3: In Which a Course of Action is Discussed
James Connell III, Al-Baluchi’s Learned Counsel, cross-examines Bechtold and asks about the way forward---in particular, about our pair of much-discussed, would-be IT fixes, or “courses of action” intend... -
9/20 Session #2: Back to Bechtold
Now we carry on with the week’s central---and until this morning, only---agenda item: evidence bearing on AE155, the defense’s motion to abate or postpone the case, in light of information technology tha... -
9/20 Session #1: House, Kept
The dew glistens outside Meade’s Smallwood Hall. Inside, our grainy screen comes alive, and displays an image of the military judge, Army. Col. James L. Pohl. He ascends the bench and calls the proceedi... -
Shane Harris on Nathan Myhrvold's Paper
Over at Foreign Policy, Shane Harris has a story about Nathan Myhrvold's Lawfare Research Paper Series paper: "Strategic Terrorism: A Call to Action." Along the way, it also contains some nice words abou... -
9/19 Session #7: Exit Glover, Enter Bechtold
Our recess ends. Brent Glover, encryption maven, abbreviation jockey and government witness, is recalled. Cheryl Bormann has but one question, about the scope of Glover’s testimony and expertise: this de...
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