The day’s final protective order motion: AE013JJ, Connell’s motion to amend the order, so as to permit an accused to participate in his own defense.  By this, Connell refers to the extent to which an acc...

James Connell III, an attorney for Ammar al-Baluchi and the day’s undisputed protective order maven, returns.  Now his subject is AE013II, wherein counsel has moved to clarify the protective order’s rule...

Harrington at the podium: after further discussion, the lawyer says he thinks that there are ongoing issues as between Binal Shibh and the guard force.  Harrington likely can deal with those.  If he can’...

The commission is again called to order.

13HH beckons.

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...

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 ...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...