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Lunch is done. The buffet and fixin’s are put aside here at Smallwood, as attention returns to the CCTV screen, and CDR George Massucco once more in the witness stand.
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Ruiz returns to his chat with Massucco, who remains on the stand. The witness recalls a JTF inquiry into the February search, though he wasn’t involved in it personally. When Ruiz asks for additional d...
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The lights dim at Smallwood. There’s some grainy imagery here, some white noise there, as the military judge affixes his lapel mic and resumes the pretrial session at Guantanamo. Four accused are in th...
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Big news out of the Second Circuit today: a three-judge panel has affirmed the conviction and life sentence of Ahmed Ghailani, for his role in the U.S.
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Almost-live from Maryland's Fort George G. Meade: a third day of CCTV-broadcasted proceedings in United States v. Mohammed et. al.
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The gavel bangs. Argument on AE164 marches forward, with J. Connell III, Ammar al-Baluchi’s attorney, leading the defense’s broadside against the prohibition on defense motions for reconsideration, with...
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Our recess ends; the afternoon’s secrecy-stravaganza resumes. Now loose ends are tied, as defense counsel debate whether AE73-related motions, which were only moments ago submitted for resolution by the...
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Under discussion this afternoon: secrecy rules. The subject arises first in connection with AE73 D and G, defense bids to clarify or retract, respectively, a prior ruling. This affirmed the government’...
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It’s Connell-time. Al-Baluchi’s attorney picks up with argument on AE200, and on the nexus between international law and classification law. (Again, his premise is that the military commission’s protect...
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James Connell III argues his client’s position with respect to AE200. That’s the defense’s attempt to have the case thrown out, or the death penalty removed as a punishment option, given an inconsistenc...
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Trumpets sound, the flaming gong bangs, and a wave of applause overpowers Smallwood Hall, the CCTV facility at Fort Meade. It is here that we take in the sorta-live broadcast of pretrial proceedings in U...
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The fate of the case, Al Janko v. Gates, before the D.C.