Good morning from Guantánamo’s Camp Justice. The 9/11 hearings are in recess again today as the lawyers file their briefs on whether a 75-year-old defense attorney is allowed to quit the case on doctor’s advice.
In case you missed it, the story is here: nytimes.com/2020/02/11/us/…
Also @terrymcdermott on his hunt for KSM, obstructed view at the Guantanamo court.
“Journalists spend most of their time waiting. Or at least I do. Luckily, I’ve been blessed with obstinance. I’m waiting, to paraphrase Bob Dylan, for fortune to be kind.”
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@terrymcdermott Flag lowered over the war court at Guantanamo's Camp Justice today.
Navy base spokesman J. Overton says the base is paying respects to the former Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Paul X. Kelley, who died on Dec. 29 and is being buried at Arlington Cemetery today. #opseced
@terrymcdermott Update: Southcom didn't lower its flag to half-staff today because it follows Army Garrison rules.
@terrymcdermott Over at the prison, a never-charged detainee who has been at Gitmo since January 2002 has failed to persuade the inter agency, parole-style board that he has had a change in "mindset."
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Latest: The lawyer has submitted his formal filing. One public, the other for the judge only. (Ex parte). Depending on how swiftly the 9/11 prosecution team responds, and what they say, the court could resume tomorrow.
Update: No 9/11 court hearing tomorrow. First possibility is 9 a.m. Tuesday. Also postponed: The Chief Prosecutor’s Presidents Day closed court chambers conference style presentation on logistical preparations for a potential nine-month 9/11 war crimes trial.
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