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The Convening Authority, Ret. Adm. Bruce MacDonald, is sworn.
CDR Walter Ruiz, lawyer for accused Mustafa al-Hawsawi, rises to question him. It will be a quick-ish examination, evidently, as Judge Pohl...
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Romance is in the air---and waves of the purest judicial authority---as Judge Pohl calls our session to order. The five men accused of planning 9/11 are present in the courtroom, along with lawyers for ...
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Judge Pohl reconvenes, and wonders: does the Defense have any issues that will need addressing tonight? For his part, Ruiz has a question regarding Admiral MacDonald’s testimony at 0900. Has the burden...
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Col. Sterling Thomas, counsel for al-Baluchi, calls our next witness: Ms. Robin Maher, a law professor and (most relevantly) Director of the ABA Death Penalty Representation Project.
Thomas inquires abo...
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Up next at the witness chair Ms. Robin Maher.
Wait---that's not quite true. First, we have a sidebar about the Convening Authority, Bruce MacDonald. His testimony is set for tomorrow, on AE08 and AE31...
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Back from lunch. Col. Bogdan is still on the stand. Edward Ryan, a Justice Department lawyer, speaks for the prosecution. His questioning makes very clear: Bogdan has never recorded attorney-client vis...
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Our next witness is Army Col. John Bogdan, a military police officer and the joint detention group commander at GTMO since June 2012. Nevin questions him. Bogdan catalogs three types of visits with th...
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The fated hour arrives; the gavel bangs; the judicial authority almost emanates. The commission once more is called to order. Both sides are present, lawyer-wise, with a few individual lawyers absent. ...
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It is a chilly morning here at Fort Meade's Smallwood Hall, venue for Lawfare's coverage of almost-live, CCTV-broadcasted-from-Guantanamo hearings. This marks the third day of this week's four-day motio...
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In the President's State of the Union Address, President Obama spent a fair amount of time on foreign policy and Lawfare-related matters. In addition to announcing his cybersecurity executive order, he d...
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Lt. Col. Ramon Torres now testifies by VTC from Orlando, Florida, where he works in the human resources command. But his testimony is not strictly directed to monitoring matters; instead, explains bin A...
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We’re back, with CAPT Welsh still on the stand and Schwartz concluding his examination.
The latter asks about tracking: to Welsh's knowledge, does JTF-GTMO make records, when any audio monitoring is con...