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The D.C. Circuit Court's opinion that we've all been waiting for has come down. The D.C. Circuit has vacated Hamdan's conviction for material support for terrorism in the Military Commission and reversed...
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Our brief recess comes to a close. It appears Judge Pohl has drafted a series of possible questions regarding the accuseds’ intention to waive their presence rights. And yet despite earlier indications...
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Lunchtime comes to a close; we thus return to presence and absence matters, and a few concluding remarks by defense counsel. Lawyers for KSM, al-Hawsawi and Bin Attash contribute a few comments.
The la...
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Our next topic is presence. No, not the Led Zeppelin album by that name. The issue, raised by Judge Pohl and now addressed by the Chief Prosecutor, instead is whether, and under what circumstances, a war...
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We’re back from recess. But before we turn to the next motion---AE53, regarding a potential conflict of interest---Commander Walter Ruiz has another point about the motion that the court just took under...
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That’s it for procedural stuff; we thus return to Ruiz, and his client’s desire for the appointment of another lawyer with a background in capital cases.
Before Ruiz can begin, Judge Pohl reminds the la...
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Judge James Pohl takes the bench and calls the hearing to order, his robes emanating (as always) rays of the purest judicial authority. “Please be seated,” he says. He clips on the microphone, which gr...
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The following State Department teleconference on Libya took place the other day:
Office of the Spokesperson
Background Conference Call With Senior State Department Officials
Washington, DC
October 9, ...
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In today's New York Times is this article by Ben Weiser about some information that has come to light in a memorandum written by District Court Judge Kevin Thomas Duffy this week.
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Earlier today, lawyers for Abdullah Bin Omar Al-Hajji moved to dismiss his appeal to the D.C. Circuit voluntarily, and without prejudice.
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Two more amicus briefs were filed, today and yesterday, respectively, in the case of Al-Nashiri v. MacDonald.
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The Wall Street Journal reports (paywall, sorry) that France is considering a slate of new antiterrorism laws, including at least one prevention-oriented measure that appears to track 18 U.S.C.
