Kammen shifts to his reimbursement motion, AE 76.  In particular, defense counsel wants to add a sixth, civilian paralegal to Al-Nashiri’s defense team. That person would be paid on an hourly basis, perf...

Judge Pohl next takes up AO 82, the defense motion to force the Convening Authority to fund a consultant, Nancy Hollander, to aid the defense on matters related to national security law. (Government resp...

The next issue, Judge Pohl announces, is the group of motions surrounding discovery: AO 76, AO 77, AO 85, AO 82, and AO 74. They start with AO 82, which seeks an accounting of prosecutorial resources. ...

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The disqualification and technical issues resolved---and Judge Pohl suddenly audible---the judge and parties move briskly to the next issue: the notice of Michel Paradis’ “undetailing” from the case (AE8...

And we’re back, the return to proceedings marked by plenty of loud noises from Judge Pohl’s microphone--with which he is fiddling. When he speaks, he is hard to understand, but he's clearly ruling on th...

Ah-ha! Kammen says in reply: The prosecutor failed to mention the Supreme Court’s Massey case---the controlling precedent here, in Kammen’s view.  Under that case, the party seeking recusal need not show...

Commander Andrea Lockhart rises for the prosecution.  She wants respond to what she calls the defense’s innuendo and conjecture. The defense has not put forth a legal reason for recusal or disqualificati...

Kammen turns from the questions he would have asked to the substance of his motion for Judge Pohl’s recusal and disqualification - specifically, to whether Judge Pohl's retirement benefits pose a conflic...

Learned Counsel Richard Kammen starts the disqualification  rodeo with a request to ask additional voir dire questions of the court.

The hearing begins at 8:59 am, when Military Judge James Pohl walks into the courtroom, resplendent in his black robes. He looks the picture of justice itself, and he's all ready to hear . . . a motion t...

At this week's Al Nashiri military commission motions hearing, we're going to try something new. The blow-by-blow coverage we have been doing in the past has gotten a little bit overwhelming, both to pro...