That's the word from the technical folks here at Fort Meade, anyway.   The hearing reportedly is underway, as of ten minutes ago - but, as expected, the topic under discussion is classified discovery.   ...

Ben already posted last week about the new battle a-brewing over the "Memorandum of Understanding" (MOU) that the Department of Justice is apparently requiring counsel in the Guantanamo habeas cases to s...

Whole body scanners (also known as Advanced Imaging Technology or AIT) are those new millimeter wave and backscatter scanners that the Department of Homeland Security is deploying in airports around the ...

For Kammen, the next defense motion, AE74, is all about saving government money and efficiency. The government has provided a database to the defense in discovery, the attorney tells the court. And these...

We’re back and taking up AO 77, the defense motion to compel the funding of another defense consultant, one Dr. Elizabeth Loftus, a forensic psychologist. (Government response (Part 1 of 6): here.

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...