The lunch hour extended a few minutes---here it is 2:15 and all, a step beyond our appointed time of 2:00---the judge reconvenes the military commission.

You’re next, AE133N.

The screen comes alive, but not action in the courtroom.  Irritation from the judge, whose ten-minute recess took, well, fifteen. Judge Pohl adds that, simply because an accused intends to attend an afte...

The military judge calls the commission to order once more.  Speaking for Ammar al-Baluchi, Lt. Col. Sterling Thomas describes the sworn duty of military attorneys---defense and prosecution alike. This g...

Rug swept and table dusted, the parties again take up consideration of AE018, the government’s motion for a privileged written communications order. Edward Ryan, of the prosecution, picks up where he lef...

Your correspondents bid goodbye to Burba’s lakeside picnic tables, just before the military judge announces the resumption of proceedings.  One accused, Ramzi Binal Shibh, has joined the group at the ELC...

A mish-mash-y discussion follows on motions to compel, the mish-mash being necessary for many reasons: because many substantive motions overlap, and thus call for interrelated but separate compulsion req...

Ruiz remains at the podium to argue another compulsion motion, AE031F (which also is styled 032H and 133E, given its relevance not merely to AE031, but to other motions, too).

Another series of motions to compel awaits us, this one bearing on AE031, the defense’s motion to dismiss the case for unlawful influence.