At Guantánamo, a new "9/11" judge has been considering issues such as:
- the CIA's "turning" a defence team interpreter;
- the over-classification of evidence essential to the defence;
- whether torture can be put on the docket;
- if so, whether the Bush administration's torture meets the standard of "outrageous government conduct" justifying dismissal of the charges or other serious sanction against the government; and
- the date of the trial.
Meanwhile, a lawyer for Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri has been unexpectedly passed over for promotion by the Pentagon, possibly for too-vigorous representation of his client.
The Nashiri case - probably the most lawless of all the commissions - is receiving attention in a new film about the CIA torture program; Nashiri was one of the program's first victims and received the personal attention of the former Thai torture camp commandant - now CIA director - Gina Haspel.
And finally: it's a bit late in the day, but an Obama-bolstered DC circuit panel has brought back full habeas for Guantánamo internees, more here.
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