Up next at the witness chair Ms. Robin Maher. Wait---that's not quite true.  First, we have a sidebar about the Convening Authority, Bruce MacDonald.  His testimony is set for tomorrow, on AE08 and AE31...

Back from lunch. Col. Bogdan is still on the stand.  Edward Ryan, a Justice Department lawyer, speaks for the prosecution.  His questioning makes very clear: Bogdan has never recorded attorney-client vis...

Our next witness is Army Col. John Bogdan, a military police officer and the joint detention group commander at GTMO since June  2012.  Nevin questions him.  Bogdan catalogs three types of visits with th...

The fated hour arrives; the gavel bangs; the judicial authority almost emanates.  The commission once more is called to order.  Both sides are present, lawyer-wise, with a few individual lawyers absent. ...

In the President's State of the Union Address, President Obama spent a fair amount of time on foreign policy and Lawfare-related matters. In addition to announcing his cybersecurity executive order, he d...

Lt. Col. Ramon Torres now testifies by VTC from Orlando, Florida, where he works in the human resources command.  But his testimony is not strictly directed to monitoring matters; instead, explains bin A...

Lunch ends and our proceedings resume. Judge Pohl does so with a few logistical notes. Our marching orders later today may depend on witnesses' video tele-conference (VTC) scheduling; the parties thus c...

Prosecutor Clay Trivett questions Elkins, turning first to his professional qualifications.

The Smallwood Screen comes alive, with Judge James Pohl seated at the familiar, authority-emanating bench.  A glow likewise surrounds the wall’s JTF insignia; it seems to say, “let us reconvene and discu...

I have been beating this one the death, and will not for a while after this, but the gap between the supposed threat of cyberespionage and our response to it continues to amaze.  From Ellen Nakashima, we...