Recent events have accelerated a discussion focused around creating a special court to oversee the execution of targeted killings against suspected terrorists.

Judge Pohl reconvenes, and wonders: does the Defense have any issues that will need addressing tonight? For his part,  Ruiz has a question regarding Admiral MacDonald’s testimony at 0900.  Has the burden...

Col. Sterling Thomas, counsel for al-Baluchi, calls our next witness: Ms. Robin Maher, a law professor and (most relevantly) Director of the ABA Death Penalty Representation Project. Thomas inquires abo...

Up next at the witness chair Ms. Robin Maher. Wait---that's not quite true.  First, we have a sidebar about the Convening Authority, Bruce MacDonald.  His testimony is set for tomorrow, on AE08 and AE31...

Back from lunch. Col. Bogdan is still on the stand.  Edward Ryan, a Justice Department lawyer, speaks for the prosecution.  His questioning makes very clear: Bogdan has never recorded attorney-client vis...

Our next witness is Army Col. John Bogdan, a military police officer and the joint detention group commander at GTMO since June  2012.  Nevin questions him.  Bogdan catalogs three types of visits with th...

The fated hour arrives; the gavel bangs; the judicial authority almost emanates.  The commission once more is called to order.  Both sides are present, lawyer-wise, with a few individual lawyers absent. ...

In the President's State of the Union Address, President Obama spent a fair amount of time on foreign policy and Lawfare-related matters. In addition to announcing his cybersecurity executive order, he d...

A few weeks ago, I wrote in a brief essay published by the Hoover Institution, in which I posed the following question: "How long do we really think it will take before a gun enthusiast arms a remotely-p...

Lt. Col. Ramon Torres now testifies by VTC from Orlando, Florida, where he works in the human resources command.  But his testimony is not strictly directed to monitoring matters; instead, explains bin A...