Latest in Guantanamo: Prosecutions
Everyone should read Bobby's post from last night on the potential approach of an endgame for the 122 detainees still in custody at Guantánamo.
Litigation resumes in one of Guantanamo's two capital military commission cases today at 0900; likewise the CCTV broadcast of the pre-trial session, which we'll follow from our little perch here at Fort Meade, and post about throughout the day.
You'll find updates on the prosecution of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri in the "Events Coverage" section, and links to the updates below, too.
3/3 Session #1: Suppression, and SSCI Matters
3/3 Session #2: Housekeeping
3/3 Se
Yesterday, after determining Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work's requirement that military commission judges live at Guantanamo Bay may improperly interfered with the case, Col. James Pohl halted pretrial proceedings in the trial of five Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of orchestrating the 9/11 attacks.
You can find Col.
Per our usual practice, Lawfare will be posting digests of the Al Nashiri military commission proceedings---which resume today at noon---throughout the week.
First up is the statement by Brig. Gen.
It is with great reluctance that I wade into Gabor and Steve’s debate about how to close the U.S.
Ben bemoans the state our nation’s current debate over Guantanamo as “terrible,” observing that “the arguments about Guantanamo are nearly all wrong, disingenuous, irrelevant, or just plain dumb.” It’s true that Guantanamo—like most political issues—sometimes takes on a special kind of inside-the-beltway rhetorical flavor that can really annoy the wonks, who would much rather focus on the underlying policy debate.
So what is the underlying policy debate all about? Perhaps it’s
Wells already flagged yesterday's D.D.C.
At approximately 1:40 p.m., John Brennan, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, will make a statement on the SSCI's detention and interrogation study.
It now appears that the next military commissions case in which the D.C. Circuit will hear oral argument is that of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri ("Nashiri"), with oral argument scheduled before an as-yet unnamed three-judge panel on Tuesday, February 10, 2015.