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This Week at the Military Commissions, 11/7: Pretrial Proceedings Continue (Part II)
Military commission proceedings in United States v. al-Nashiri continued Nov. 7 with military judge Col. Vance Spath presiding. Judge Advocate General Lt. Alaric Piette remains the sole counsel for the d... -
This Week at the Military Commissions, 11/3: Pretrial Proceedings Continue (Part I)
Continuing with pretrial proceedings in United States v. al-Nashiri—which relates to the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole—military judge Col. Vance Spath called the commission to order Nov. 3 at 9:00 am. Def... -
This Week at the Military Commissions, 11/7: A Habeas Petition in Response to Contempt Proceedings
As discussed in the last post in this series, on Wednesday, military judge Col. Vance Spath held Marine Corps Brig. Gen. John Baker, chief defense counsel of the military commissions, in contempt of cour... -
The Next Phase in the War on Terror
Last week, in the deadliest terrorist attack in New York City since 9/11, Sayfullo Saipov turned a nearly mile-long stretch of bike path along Manhattan’s West Side Highway into a killing ground. The att... -
Document: Col. Vance Spath Memorandum of Opposition
On Friday, military judge Col. Vance Spath filed a memorandum of opposition to plaintiff Brig. Gen. John G. Baker’s petition for writ of habeas corpus. You can view the full document here: -
Document: Brig. Gen. John Baker Habeas Petition
Brig. Gen. John Baker, chief defense counsel of the military commisions, petitioned the federal district court in Washington for a writ of habeas corpus Thursday morning. Col. Vance Spath, the military j... -
This Week at the Military Commissions, 11/1: Contempt Hearing Proceeds
Picking up where the commission left off Tuesday, military judge Col. Vance Spath called the court to order for contempt proceedings. Present as ordered were Marine Corps Brig. Gen. -
Document: Sayfullo Saipov Complaint
The FBI has filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York charging Sayfullo Saipov for the Oct. 31 vehicular attack in Manhattan. -
This Week at the Military Commissions, 10/31 Session: Sturm and Drang in the Al-Nashiri Defense
On Tuesday morning, military judge Col. Vance Spath called to order the military commission in the case of United States v. Al-Nashiri. The 10/31 session primarily addressed the absence of three civilian... -
‘Next Friend’ Standing and the Unnamed Enemy Combatant
On the Oct. 17 episode of the Lawfare Podcast, Steve Vladeck and Benjamin Wittes sparred over how concerned one should be about the incommunicado detention in Iraq of a U.S. citizen as an enemy combatant... -
Document: Government Reply Brief in ACLU v. Mattis
On Oct. 19, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the government to file within ten days a reply brief in American Civil Liberties Union v. Mattis. The court asked the gov... -
Last Week at the Military Commissions: A Deluge of Discovery
Military judge James Pohl, the government, and the Walid Bin’Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali al-Bahlul, Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, and Mustafa al-Hawsawi defense teams returned to continue plowing through dis...
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