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Life is restored to our CCTV screen here at Burba Cottage---thus signaling a return to open proceedings. The accused are back in the courtroom. What about our recent Rule 505(h)? There was no cut in t...
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We would hear the gavel bang, but there doesn’t appear to be a gavel inside the Expeditionary Legal Complex courtroom. At any rate, the military judge, Army Col. James Pohl, ascends the bench and calls ...
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Crackles can be heard as lapel mics are adjusted and our proceedings are called back to order. A cell phone detection alert in the courtroom caused our most recent technical outage. Judge Pohl asks all...
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We return from lunch curious about whether video teleconference issues have been resolved. That would allow us to hear from Admiral David Woods, former commanding officer at GTMO, once again. It turns ...
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Our proceedings resume, and all wonder: do the machines work? They may soon, as the commission gives the technical folks until 1300 to resolve any outstanding issues. We’ll thus work on some other odds...
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Technical snags resolved---or, at least worked around temporarily---we return to J. Connell III’s examination of Admiral Woods.
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Rear Admiral David Woods appears now, by video teleconference. J. Connell III, Ammar al-Baluchi’s lawyer, questions Woods in connection with AE008, AE18, and AE32---motions to dismiss for defective refe...
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A lawnmower can be heard outside here at Burba, as the CCTV screen comes alive. The military judge takes the bench, and the commission is called to order. All five accused are in the house.
Our first o...
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A few words for MacDonald, from Al-Baluchi counsel J. Connell III. The court hints at a narrower re-direct examination, reminding Connell and other counsel to limit questions to issues addressed during ...
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Addressing the witness, prosecutor Edward Ryan proposes to keep things simple.
Is there an actual law that created these commissions? Yes, the MCA 2009, as implemented in the Military Commissions Manua...
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Having defrosted outside for a spell, we return from lunch. Lo and behold, the video hookup has been repaired. Thus our marching orders are re-jiggered a bit---and we proceed, not with further debate o...
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A three-judge panel (Judges Henderson, Griffith and Edwards) of the D.C. Circuit has affirmed the District Court's decision to deny Guantanamo detainee Abdul al Qader Ahmed Hussain's petition for a writ ...