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10/25 Session: A Rare Sunday Hearing, Part II
Because of the unusual length of Sunday’s 9/11 military commission hearing, the write-up of the session -
10/25 Session: A Rare Sunday Hearing, Part I
Following a public hearing on Thursday morning, the military commission tasked with trying five Guantanamo detainees for their alleged roles in the 9/11 attacks went dark for back-to-back, closed 505(h) ... -
The Drone Papers: Intercepting the Nonsense
Editor’s Note: The drone program remains controversial, and critics regularly blast it for creating more terrorists than it kills. Prominent among these critics is Glenn Greenwald, a founding editor of T... -
Anticipating an Increased U.S. Ground Combat Role against ISIL Based on "Self-Defense"
What, precisely, is the role of U.S. ground forces in the conflict with ISIL? In a post earlier this week, I described how the "train and assist" mission permits the presence of U.S. personnel on site w... -
The Al Jazeera Drone Smackdown
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Yesterday at Guantanamo, 10/22 Session: Time to Sign the MOU--Or Is It?
The Guantanamo detainees on trial for orchestrating the September 11th attacks returned to court on Thursday for continued pre-trial proceedings. Wednesday’s hearing was cancelled so that the court’s Ara... -
Drone Registration, Part II
In an earlier post, I advanced the idea that the drone registration process could be used to make actual drone operation safer. In principle, there are two approaches to make drone operation safer. Ap... -
Yesterday at Guantanamo, 10/21 Session: Hearing Canceled as Translators “Can’t Do Two Things at One Time”
Camp Justice was quiet yesterday. Based on the need for translators to complete a last-minute assignment, Judge Pohl cancelled a pre-trial hearing scheduled for Wednesday in the military commission trial... -
A Heroic Operation to Free ISIL Prisoners...and a Reminder that the "Assist" Mission Can Mean U.S. Troops in Ground Combat
In a dramatic predawn raid, dozens of Delta Force operators deployed alongside elite Kurdish troops to raid an ISIL compound in Iraq in hopes of freeing prisoners who were under threat of imminent execut... -
10/20 Session: Pro Se Opens Pandora’s Box in Gitmo 9/11 Trial
The five Guantanamo detainees on trial before a military commission for allegedly orchestrating the September 11th attacks all returned to court Tuesday morning, as pre-trial proceedings in their case co... -
10/19 Session: Yesterday at Guantanamo: Once Again, Questions Abound While Answers Elude
The five detainees accused of orchestrating the September 11th attacks, including the plot’s alleged mastermind, Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, were all present at yesterday’s proceedings in their ongoing milit... -
This Week's Hearing in the 9/11 Case
For the first time since February, proceedings in military commissions case United States v. Mohammad et al resumed this morning at Guantanamo Bay.
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