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Our marching orders adjusted for technical reasons, we turn to AE13GG---a dispute over the protective order, and the confidentiality of reports belonging to the International Committee for the Red Cross ...
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The screen image is grainy here at Burba, but we nevertheless discern what has now become a quite familiar picture: we see the military judge, as always resplendent in his judicial robes, ascending the b...
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The Miami Herald has obtained under the Freedom of Information Act the list of dispositions for Guantanamo detainees from the Obama administration's Guantanamo task force.
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The Unsurprisingly Abaya-ed Cheryl Bormann’s logistical issues go unaddressed, despite our ongoing “recess in place.” Non-resolution of her complaint gives the military judge an idea: David Nevin will a...
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Next to explore Admiral Bruce MacDonald’s actions during the pre-referral phase is James Harrington. He’s a lawyer for Ramzi bin Al Shibh.
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Earlier, our lunch interrupted live video testimony by Admiral Bruce MacDonald, until recently the commissions’ Convening Authority. But now lunch is done, and the defense’s questioning presses forward.
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Our recess ends and, after some brief discussion of logistics, Ruiz’s examination ekes forward.
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Last week I noted that Ayman al Zawahiri, head of AQ, issued a statement directing that AQI and al Nusrah remain separate entities within the AQ system, and I pointed out various questions this raised fr...
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Now joining us by video teleconference (VTC) is retired Rear Adm. Bruce MacDonald, who was the military commissions’ Convening Authority from March 2010 until his appointment expired in March 2013. Toda...
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It’s go time at the Expeditionary Legal Complex. Judge Pohl ascends the bench and calls our proceedings to order; all five accused are present, along with their attorneys. There’s a new addition to Ram...
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Over the last 24 hours, the House debated and voted on nearly 200 amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 (H.R. 1960). Many of these amendments were approved via "voice vote" (there ...
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You'll find Brig. Gen. Mark Martins's six-page statement here. The opening paragraphs are as follows:
Good afternoon. This week, the Military Commission convened to try the charges against Abd Al-Rahim ...