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AE99 is next on our agenda. It asks whether, and under what circumstances, Al-Nashiri may waive his right to attend pretrial proceedings in this capital case. (There are also related motions, including...
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Judge Pohl calls our proceedings to order, and notes Al-Nashiri’s absence.
That prompts Prosecutor Anthony Mattivi to make his record. The lawyer asks his witness, our by-now-familiar-from-last-week-bu...
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Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins last night released a statement regarding this week's hearing in United States v. Al-Nashiri. It begins as follows:
Tomorrow, the military commission convened to try the ch...
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Last week I asked whether per se opposition to military commissions was in the GTMO detainees best interests, where their “interests” were defined as “(a) maximizing [the detainees’] procedural rights, a...
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I was out of the country last week and missed the opportunity to weigh in promptly on the Hamdan decision. In reading the reactions, I have noted that many human rights and civil liberties groups have i...
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On Friday, Captain Jason Wright, an attorney for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, released the following statement about the most recent round of hearings in the 9/11 case:
PRESIDENT OBAMA RESTATES DESIRE TO CLOS...
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Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins last night released this statement regarding the week-long hearing in United States v. Mohammed et al. It begins as follows:
Today was the last of five days of pre-trial se...
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The court returns, apparently having familiarized itself with the motion to which Ruiz had referred earlier—AE64.
(In the meantime, James Connell III, Learned Counsel for Ammar al-Baluchi, has left the ...
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In AE71, CDR Walter Ruiz seeks additional information about two FBI agents who interrogated his client, Mustafa al-Hawsawi. This apparently bears on the defense’s motion for a defective referral.
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Movin’ right along to AE60. CDR Walter Ruiz sets forth his request for various information about the military judge’s appointment.
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I have now read through Al Maqaleh v. Gates and Hamidullah v. Obama, which are both brief reads. I don't have a great deal to say about them, except that they well represent the end of the line for the p...
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On we march to AE22, the defense’s motion to grant public access to commission-designated broadcast sites. That topic belongs to James Harrington, a member of Ramzi Binalshibh’s team. Most people canno...