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Here’s the agenda for the next hearing in the 9/11 case, which is set to begin on April 22 and to conclude on April 26.   From that document:

3. The Commission will hear argument on the following

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This afternoon, we continue with a second day of almost-live, CCTV-broadcasted hearings in the military commission case of United States v. Al-Nashiri.  As always, Lawfare is in the house—Fort Meade’s Smallwood Hall, that is, where your correspondent follows the action … Read more »

What, if anything, do developments in the military commission case of United States v. al-Nashiri portend for Al-Nashiri v. MacDonald, an ongoing, civil challenge to the accused’s war crimes prosecution?  The question arises in letters filed in the civil … Read more »

Reported on Friday by the Miami Herald’s Carol Rosenberg: defense attorneys in United States v. Al-Nashiri filed a renewed motion to dismiss the conspiracy charge against their client.  At the same time, the lawyers reactivated an earlier request to throw … Read more »

From the Military Commissions’ website, we learn that the upcoming hearing inUnited States v. Al-Nashiri will be postponed:

Pursuant to a request by defense, the military judge has rescheduled the motions hearings originally set for 15-17 January 2013. The new

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By way of reminder, this month we’ll cover military commission sessions in both of the capital cases pending at Guantanamo.  

The commission will hear argument in United States v. Al-Nashiri from Tuesday through Thursday of next week, i.e. from January … Read more »

Last week, Judge James Pohl handed down five orders in the military commission case of United States v. Al-Nashiri—the capital case arising from, among other things, the attack on the USS Cole.  

The rulings concern mostly minor issues of procedure … Read more »