Al Hawsawi's Documents Appear!
Last week, Ben was perplexed by the government's reply in opposition to a motion for a preliminary injunction in a mysterious case brought by Mustafa al Hawsawi over Rear Adm. Woods' recent order regarding monitoring of lawyer-client communications at Guantanamo. While the government's response was available, Al Hawsawi's brief and motion were nowhere to be found.
The petitioner's redacted brief , the motion for a preliminary injunction, and a reply to the government's opposition to the motion are all now on the D.C.
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Last week, Ben was perplexed by the government's reply in opposition to a motion for a preliminary injunction in a mysterious case brought by Mustafa al Hawsawi over Rear Adm. Woods' recent order regarding monitoring of lawyer-client communications at Guantanamo. While the government's response was available, Al Hawsawi's brief and motion were nowhere to be found.
The petitioner's redacted brief , the motion for a preliminary injunction, and a reply to the government's opposition to the motion are all now on the D.C. Circuit's docket.
Al Hawsawi is looking for the court to find that the orders that require all lawyer communications with their clients be searched be held unconstitutional under the First and Sixth Amendments, that they violate the statutory right to counsel under the Military Commissions Act of 2009, and that the court enjoin enforcement of the orders.
You can read al Hawsawi's brief here, his motion for a preliminary injunction here, and his reply to the government's opposition here.
The U.S. must file its surreply to Al Hawsawi's reply by January 18th, and its response to Al Hawsawi's brief by February 13th.
Raffaela Wakeman is a Senior Director at In-Q-Tel. She started her career at the Brookings Institution, where she spent five years conducting research on national security, election reform, and Congress. During this time she was also the Associate Editor of Lawfare. From there, Raffaela practiced law at the U.S. Department of Defense for four years, advising her clients on privacy and surveillance law, cybersecurity, and foreign liaison relationships. She departed DoD in 2019 to join the Majority Staff of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where she oversaw the Intelligence Community’s science and technology portfolios, cybersecurity, and surveillance activities. She left HPSCI in May 2021 to join IQT.
Raffaela received her BS and MS in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2009 and her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 2015, where she was recognized for her commitment to public service with the Joyce Chiang Memorial Award. While at the Department of Defense, she was the inaugural recipient of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s General Counsel Award for exhibiting the highest standards of leadership, professional conduct, and integrity.
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