Thread by @steve_vladeck

In a transparent effort to moot a D.C. Cir. order that would've required disclosure of the whole ethical fight in al-Nashiri, the gov't changed its position on whether his (former) lawyers should be allowed to intervene in its interlocutory appeal to the CMCR. CMCR: "No problem."

For more on the D.C. Circuit's order (and the intervention dispute), see layer #9 in my in-depth @just_security explainer:

justsecurity.org/56151/heck-hap…

And here's the CMCR's original ruling _denying_ the lawyers' motion to intervene, even though the very reasons today's order identifies for granting intervention _now_ were presumably the same then...