Excellent recent posts by Ben and Marty draw attention to the impact that the drawdown in Afghanistan likely will have on GTMO habeas litigation.

After CDR Lockhart lays out the parties' agreed upon schedule for the rest of the afternoon session, the court begins with AE 244, a defense motion to dismiss numerous charges as multiplicitous of other ...

Picking up on the end of Thursday's session, the court will consider multiple defense motions seeking to strike the first aggravator---that the life of one or more persons other than the victim was unlaw...

The morning session starts off with the calling of a pseudonymous witness, Dr. M, to testify on Al-Nashiri's psychological diagnosis and current treatment at Guantanamo Bay. But there's already a problem...

Very interesting and thoughtful comments over at Just Security by Marty Lederman on Justice Breyer's brief opinion in the Hussain cert denial the other day. Marty writes: As Justice Breyer notes . .

The court returns from recess and quickly puts off consideration of two defense motions---AE229 and AE230---seeking to compel information from the government pertaining to the training and certifications...

The court briefly considers AE236, a defense motion seeking clarification or creation of process by which it may appeal denials of access to two classified government servers---the Joint Worldwide Intell...

Not sure how I missed this, but a Periodic Review Board has recommended the transfer to Yemen of Guantanamo detainee Ali Ahmad Al-Razihi. The summary of its findings reports that the board found Al-Razih...

The afternoon session gets started without Al-Nashiri in attendance. Learned Counsel Rick Kammen rises to press Lt. Hurley's case one last time that the defense should be able to question Dr. Crosby abou...

The court begins Thursday's session with AE205K, a government request, opposed by the defense, that a witness be allowed to testify under a pseudonym. CDR Brian Mizer explains that this is a general obj...

To close out the unclassified portion of the afternoon session, the court hears argument on AE231-234, all defense motions to dismiss charges for multiplicity. The defense first raises AE231, seeking di...