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Defense attorney Lt. Cdr. Stephen Reyes is up first for AE86---the motion to withdraw the charges because of an improper referral by the Convening Authority. The issue is this, he says: ordinarily, the ...
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Judge Pohl bids good morning to our Guantanamo courtroom audience (and thus, indirectly, to those of us in the CCTV facility cheap seats). But wait: he’s not yet attired in his customary, authority-eman...
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Coming to you live from Guantanamo, via Fort Meade CCTV: the third day of the motions session in United States v. Al-Nashiri. As before, we'll have blog posts up in the "Events Coverage" section, with l...
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Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins released a statement following the completion of yesterday's hearing in United States v. Al-Nashiri.
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It's turned out to be a very big news day in national security litigation land... In addition to the extensive coverage of Aulaqi v. Panetta (to which I hope to add some thoughts of my own later tonight)...
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From Guantanamo, this: today's proceedings will be 100% closed, and recess immediately afterwards. Open proceedings will resume tomorrow.
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That's the word from the technical folks here at Fort Meade, anyway. The hearing reportedly is underway, as of ten minutes ago - but, as expected, the topic under discussion is classified discovery. ...
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Ben already posted last week about the new battle a-brewing over the "Memorandum of Understanding" (MOU) that the Department of Justice is apparently requiring counsel in the Guantanamo habeas cases to s...
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For Kammen, the next defense motion, AE74, is all about saving government money and efficiency. The government has provided a database to the defense in discovery, the attorney tells the court. And these...
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We’re back and taking up AO 77, the defense motion to compel the funding of another defense consultant, one Dr. Elizabeth Loftus, a forensic psychologist. (Government response (Part 1 of 6): here.
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Kammen shifts to his reimbursement motion, AE 76. In particular, defense counsel wants to add a sixth, civilian paralegal to Al-Nashiri’s defense team. That person would be paid on an hourly basis, perf...
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Judge Pohl next takes up AO 82, the defense motion to force the Convening Authority to fund a consultant, Nancy Hollander, to aid the defense on matters related to national security law. (Government resp...