It is a chilly morning here at Fort Meade's Smallwood Hall, venue for Lawfare's coverage of almost-live, CCTV-broadcasted-from-Guantanamo hearings.  This marks the third day of this week's four-day motio...

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...

At 9:01, Judge Pohl takes the bench, authority-emanating robes and all.  All parties are present, including the five accused.  Prosecutor Robert Swann notes the continued presence of FBI personnel and an...

Amid the flurry of writing about the White Paper’s approach to “imminence” – an important conversation, to be sure – little attention has been paid to a paragraph in the White Paper that seems to establi...

We’re back, and the parties jointly request a discussion of AE56---the government’s request for oral depositions. Regarding those, the dates the government proposed earlier are no longer feasible, for o...

The commission is called to order, with all parties present---including the accused.  The witness, Dr. Iacopino, also is “here,” albeit only virtually: he appears today by video teleconference ("VTC"), w...