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Handicapping <em>al Bahlul</em>
Raff already outlined the issues the en banc D.C. Circuit (minus Judge Srinivasan) will confront in tomorrow's oral argument in al Bahlul v. United States, and I have very little of substance to add to J... -
Oral Argument Preview: Al-Bahlul v. United States
Monday morning, an en banc panel of the D.C. Circuit will hear oral arguments in the case Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul v. United States. -
Text of Draft Syrian Resolution
The NYT has the text of the draft UN Security Council Resolution on Syria. The most important paragraph is the penultimate one, which states that the Security Council “[d]ecides, in the event of non-com... -
Oral Argument Preview: Abdul Razak Ali v. Obama
Friday morning, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit will hear oral arguments in a habeas appeal brought by Abdul Razak Ali, who also goes by the name of Saeed Bakhouch. -
The D.C. Circuit and the Guantánamo Detainees' Right of Access to Counsel
In describing Hatim v. Obama (the D.C. Circuit Guantánamo appeal in which the government filed its opening brief on Friday) as the "counsel access" case, Raff has hit the nail on the head. -
Intelligence Squared Debate on Drone Program---And Ours
The latest episode of Intelligence² Debates is over the resolution, "The U.S. Drones Program is Fatally Flawed." It's an interesting program, though I have to say that I think the Oxford Union debate thi... -
The Government's Opening Brief in the Counsel Access Case
The government has filed its opening, appellant brief in Hatim v. Obama, the "counsel access case" before the D.C. Circuit. Before describing the brief, a bit of background is in order: this past summer... -
9/20 Session #7: Argument on AE155
At long last we come to argument on AE155, the defense’s motion to abate. -
9/20 Session #6: What Bechtold Was Told
Walid Bin Attash’s lawyer, Cheryl Bormann, will question the long-testifying witness, Ronald Bechtold. -
9/20 Session #5: Still More IT
The witness: Ronald Bechtold, Pentagon IT Chief. His cross-examiner: J. Connell III. Their subject: You know well by now. AE155 and information technology are under discussion, still, at Guantanamo’s E... -
9/20 Session #4: All IT, All The Time
The lights dim here at Smallwood, as our piped-in-from-GTMO proceedings resume---with a quick summation of precisely what is pending before the court. Of course we have AE155, this week's motion to abat... -
9/20 Session #3: In Which a Course of Action is Discussed
James Connell III, Al-Baluchi’s Learned Counsel, cross-examines Bechtold and asks about the way forward---in particular, about our pair of much-discussed, would-be IT fixes, or “courses of action” intend...
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