Cross posted, remainder of post is on my actual home….<\/p>\n
So I am posting this from Gitmo, and we are about midway of Day two on the hearings here for this week. \u00a0Or, at least in terms of time. \u00a0 There are 33 seperate motions that the judge was hoping to hear arguments on, and dispense of these motions. \u00a0Bear in mind that the actual trial isn’t even close to happening. \u00a0This is preliminary motions on things like dealing with classified material, what documents will be admissable, how the defense attorneys can communicate with their clients and similiar type things. \u00a0So far we’ve barely touched on two of those motions.<\/p>\n
On Sunday night we got a chance to talk to the defense attorneys and the prosecutor. \u00a0I have a videographer here with me (John Napolitano who is AWESOME) and he filmed them speaking. \u00a0Just to give you some context on who the folks are, the lady is Cheryl Bormann<\/a>, who is defense counsel for one of the AQ Defendants. \u00a0(She is perhaps best known for her request that everyone in court wear a hijab.) \u00a0The second gentleman is Navy Commander Walter Ruiz, another defense attorney<\/a>. \u00a0 The general is Mark Martins<\/a>, the chief prosecutor here, who’s background is astonishingly impressive. \u00a0(Former Infantry officer, Rhodes scholar, Harvard Law Grad, and Obama classmate.)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n