I missed this week AEI's panel on Zero Dark Thirty and the reality of coercive interrogation at the CIA, though I have been meaning to watch the video.

Here it is. From the statement's discussion of Monday's break in CCTV audio and video, during remarks by KSM attorney David Nevin: As in courts-martial, members of the Office of Military Commissions sta...

Over at Secrecy News, Steve Aftergood has posted a new Congressional Research Service report entitled, "Integration of Drones into Domestic Airspace: Selected Legal Issues." The summary of the report, by...

Nevin at the podium.   He wishes to make sure that Judge Pohl’s earlier ruling, regarding the cutting of the audio and video feed, takes effect immediately as announced.  The court makes clear that no th...

The recess concludes, and Judge Pohl takes the bench. First are a few remarks about logistics, including the use of demonstratives and multimedia.  (J.

We return to the ELC courtroom, where prosecutors and defense counsel all are present.  The five accused are absent. Prosecutor Robert Swann is first at the podium; his witness is MAJ Griffin---who test...

The New York Times has this long article about the Noor Khan lawsuit in Britain, in which the son of a man killed in a drone strike in Pakistan has sued the British Foreign Secretary for information abou...

That's the gist of this order, issued today by a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit, in Rimi v. Obama. The detainee, who had been transferred from Guantanamo to Libya in 2006, unsuccessfully sought h...

Although our own coverage of this week's pre-trial proceedings in the 9/11 military commission trial at Guantánamo already covered the issue in some detail, I couldn't help but be taken by Amy Davidson's...