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The defense lawyer for Guantanamo detainee and military commission convict Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman Al-Bahlul has reported to the D.C. Circuit once more on his efforts to meet with his client. The D.C. Ci...
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The day’s final protective order motion: AE013JJ, Connell’s motion to amend the order, so as to permit an accused to participate in his own defense. By this, Connell refers to the extent to which an acc...
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Apologies to all for the site outages today. It has been a very frustrating day---and not the first in recent weeks.
I wish I could claim this was some zero-day cyber-attack for which no non-profit web ...
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James Connell III, an attorney for Ammar al-Baluchi and the day’s undisputed protective order maven, returns. Now his subject is AE013II, wherein counsel has moved to clarify the protective order’s rule...
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Harrington at the podium: after further discussion, the lawyer says he thinks that there are ongoing issues as between Binal Shibh and the guard force. Harrington likely can deal with those. If he can’...
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The commission is again called to order.
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13HH beckons.
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Next in the protective order queue is AE013GG. In it, Connell’s client asks to amend the protective order so as to permit the limited sharing of ICRC materials with defense personnel. This stems from A...
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James Connell III marches on to the next installment in our nine-strong protective order motions argument: AE013FF, a defense motion to amend the order’s “secure area” requirement. (Nine motions on the ...
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We pick up with AE013, regarding the protective order---that is, with a battery of some nine motions addressing proposed modifications to the order. The task of arguing them falls mostly to J. Connell II...
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It’s on again: day two of this week-long pre-trial session. All accused are absent, save Ramzi bin al Shibh. Four no-shows, of course, means a quick back-and-forth between prosecutor Bob Swann and Lt. ...
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Loyal readers, your Lawfare correspondents are ready to provide almost-live coverage of today’s hearings in United States v. Mohammed et al. Catch up on yesterday’s live blogs here. We will follow our us...
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From the estimable Muna Shikaki of Al Arabiya News Channel
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In connection with the annual South-by-Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) conference here in Austin, UT’s Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law has proposed a nifty event focused on the ...
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As is widely known, the greatest act of successful deception in modern military history is convincing the Germans -- at the decisive moment of WWII -- that the D-Day invasion would take place at Pas de C...
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We’re back. And lo, our witness, a GTMO staff physician, is seated next to Judge Pohl already. Normally, according to Cheryl Bormann, a closed-session would take place to discuss a defendant’s medical c...
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Our latest recess is over, and Judge Pohl begins by noting Walid bin Attash’s absence. This prompts Cheryl Bormann to report on her client’s status in further detail. He will be seen by a gastrointestina...
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A longer-than-usual lunch break concluded, the commission is reconvened. The accused are present, save Al-Hawsawi (who departed as per his announced plan) and bin Attash. The latter reportedly is nearby...
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Recess is over, and the parties and court resume discussion of the Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) regarding rules imposed by the case’s protective order---and the refusal, by defense counsel for fou...