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Military Justice News for Friday, Nov. 30, 2012
Manning Speaks [updated] PFC Bradley Manning testified yesterday in his unlawful pre-trial confinement hearing. WaPo coverage here. Military judge, Colonel Denise Lind also accepted the terms of...
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More details on the Manning guilty pleas
Various news reports, particularly this AP story and this article on Wired.com, reveal that PFC Manning’s defense team sought judicial approval of proposed guilty pleas by exceptions and substitutions...
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Military Justice News for Monday, Dec. 2, 2012
More Manning Hearing Coverage Here and here are coverage of the Saturday and Sunday sessions in PFC Bradley Manning’s unlawful pretrial confinement hearing. The trial date was pushed back during the...
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Manning Defense Counsel Presentation Tonight
PFC Manning’s defense counsel, David Coombs, will make a presentation tonight as part of an effort to raise money for the Bradley Manning defense fund. Here is a link to the announcement. The...
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More Manning Media
Here is coverage of yesterday’s hearing, including testimony from the Marine Corps’ Chief of Corrections that Manning was improperly held on suicide prevention status for a few days. And, here, is the...
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Military Justice News for Friday, Dec. 7, 2012
More Manning Unlawful Pretrial Confinement Hearing Coverage Feel free to disagree in comments, but the little snippet of the hearing in the Manning case reported widely was a Clinton-esque discussion...
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Continuing Manning Coverage
The Dissenter over at firedoglake.com has continuing updates from today’s Manning unlawful pretrial confienment evidentiary session (Day 9), here. From their 11:00 am update: Government cross-examined...
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AP via Navy Times – Jailer: Manning needed to speak up
Moral of the story, joking about hanging yourself with your underwear in a Marine Corps brig is like joking about a bomb in a London airport. AP via Navy Times report on today’s Manning hearing here.
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Military Justice News for Wednesday, 12-12-12
PFC Manning Unlawful Pretrial Confinement Hearing Closing Arguments Here is the NYT report and here is the WaPo report from Ft. Meade on closing arguments in the marathon unlawful pre-trial confinement...
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Military Justice News for Jan. 3, 2013
In a follow up to a Top 10 list item, Bloomberg reports, here, that SecDef announced that the former director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency LTG Patrick O’Reilly will retire as a three-star, his...
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PFC Manning Hearing Jan. 8, 2013
AP (Via WaPo here) anticipates a ruling on PFC Bradley Manning’s unlawful pre-trial confinement motion today. Today’s hearing focused on motions in limine and evidence of PFC Manning’s motivation in...
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Breaking News: Manning Awarded 112 Days Credit for Pre-Trial Confinement Issues
AP (via WaPo), here, reports that: [Colonel Denis Lind] found that [PFC Bradley] Manning suffered illegal pretrial punishment during nine months in a Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Va. She awarded a...
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Military Justice News for Jan. 10, 2013
Military lawyers apparently lost out again to their civilian counter-parts as the Obama administration will pursue an appeal to press the validity of conspiracy and material support of terrorism at...
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Military Justice News for Jan. 11, 2013
Here is a Politico piece on P.J. Crowley’s recent statements about Judge Lind’s ruling on the Manning unlawful pretrial confinement motion. Crowley you’ll recall was forced to resign from the State...
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Military Justice News for Mar. 1, 2013
The Austin American-Statesman reports, here, that the MAJ Nidal Hasan trial will begin at Ft. Hood on May 29, 2013. After four weeks of voir dire and panel selection, “testimony” is scheduled to begin...
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Criticism of aiding the enemy charge in United States v. Manning
Here’s a link to a New Republic piece by Harvard Law Professor Yochai Benkler criticizing the decision to charge PFC Bradley Manning with aiding the enemy. Professor Benkler explains that he’s an...
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Evidence from Bin Laden Raid at Manning Court-Martial
From Navy Times, here: A military judge cleared the way Wednesday for a member of the team that raided Osama bin Laden’s compound to testify in the trial of an Army private charged in a massive leak of...
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Military Justice News for May 22, 2013
And the hits just keep on coming in the Army, see CNN report here and Military Times report here. Form Military Times: The Army announced it has suspended the commander of Fort Jackson, S.C., amid...
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Center for Constitutional Rights, et al., Takes Fight to Article III Courts
The Washington Post reports in this AP story that the petitioners who sought access to the PFC Manning court-martial, and whose petition was rejected by the ACCA and CAAF on jurisdictional grounds,...
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Military Justice News for June 4, 2013
Manning, Manning and more Manning in my Google News alert. Here (WaPo) and here (AP). News out of the Fayetteville Observer on the BGEN Jeffrey Sinclair court-martial, here: Brig. Gen. Jeffrey...
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Military Justice News for Jun. 18, 2013
The Manning case will take a hiatus from testimony as Judge Lind hears oral arguments on evidentiary issues today and the government and defense negotiate witness statements for witnesses that are...
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District Court Denies CCR PI in PFC Manning Court-Martial Access Case
Here is US District Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander’s opinion in the CCR case. From the “Conclusion” section of the opinion denying CCR’s request for a preliminary injunction: In sum, as to certain...
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How do you admit a “tweet” into evidence?
So wonders Reuters, reporting on the ongoing trial of Private Manning: Judge Colonel Denise Lind was left to wrestle with this question when the court-martial of Private First Class Bradley Manning,...
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Military Justice News for Jun. 28, 2013
WaPo reports, here, that former Vice Chair of the JCS, General James Cartwright is potentially a target of a DOJ investigation into the leak of classified invformation about the Israeli-US operation...
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MIlitary Justice News for Monday, Jul. 1, 2013
In short: More consternation in the Marine Corps urination video case, here (Marine Corps Times [updated link]). More Manning news over the weekend, here, here, and here. To reporters with a hammer,...
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Government Rests in PFC Bradley Manning Court-Martial
Here is The Guardian’s report on today’s events, including the end of the government’s case.
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Military Justice News for Wednesday, July 3, 2012
Judge Osborn is reviewing voir dire questions submitted by MAJ Hasan in his own defense reports AP here (via Philly Inquirer). Notable form the story: Osborn also refused Hasan’s request for a delay...
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Military Justice News for July 11, 2013
The Marine Times reports that Congressman Walter Jones of North Carolina sent this letter to the DoD Inspector General inquiring about the status of the investigation into the “allegations the Marine...
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Military Justice News for July 12, 2013
AP (via WaPo) here, reports that BGEN Jeffrey Sinclair’s court-martial will likely be delayed after the military judge in the case agreed with defense attorneys that finding an imartial court-martial...
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Military Justice News for Tuesday, July 16, 2013
The armed services have agreed to re-open 31 sexual assault cases after the DoD IGv found flaws in the investigation of those cases by the defense criminal investigative services. USAToday report here....
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Military Justice News for Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Every media outlet’s military justice coverage is focused on the announcement of the verdict in the PFC Bradley Manning court-martial. Judge Lind announced yesterday that her decision will be made...
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Mixed Verdict in Manning Court – Not Guilty to Aiding the Enemy
Judge Lind found PFC Bradley Manning not guilty of the aiding the enemy charge and specification, but guilty of many of the Espionage Act charges and other charges. Here is one reporter’s account...
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Manning Official Verdict Form
Here is a link to an unofficial transcript of today’s verdict with all the specific findings. A few more exceptions and substitutions than reported in the media, but not much divergence from the...
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Military Justice News for August 1, 2013
1LT Clint Lorance faces a general-court martial for the alleged murder and unlawful targeting of Afghan civilians reports the Fayetteville Observer , here. The first day of testimony in the case...
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Military Justice News for Aug. 6, 2013
At Ft. Hood the capital court-martial of MAJ Nodal Hasan begins. WaPo coverage here. The PFC Manning sentencing continues, WaPo coverage here, with evidence of the harm/potential harm to national...
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Military Justice News for August 7, 2013
The military judge in the Bales case mistakenly gave the trial counsel the unredacted 706 Board results for Staff Sergeant Bales, who then read the report. The defense now wants the TCs removed from...
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Military Justice News for Aug. 8, 2013
Lawyers for MAJ Nidal Hasan have asked to take over his defense or diminish their roles because they say their client has a death wish. WaPo reports here on yet another delay in the trial as military...
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Military Justice News for Thursday, August 15, 2013
PFC Bradley Manning makes an unsworn statement at his sentencing causing the largest ever use of the heart emoticon on Twitter. Coverage here (AP via USA Today) and here (NPR). The BG Jeffrey Sinclair...
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Military Justice News for Tuesday, August 20, 2013
The Hasan trial rolls on at Ft. Hood. And CNN, here, and others wonder if Hasan is just trying to become a martyr for his “cause” as he sits potted plant like acting as his own attorney in hos court...
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Manning Sentence Announcement Scheduled for 10 am Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013
AP via Navy Times, here, reports that military judge COL Denise Lind will announce her sentence for PFC Manning tomorrow at 10 am.
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Hasan Rests and Manning Gets 35 Years
As PC notes below, coverage of MAJ Hasan resting without presenting any evidence in his own defense is here (LA Times). Covergae of PFC Mannings sentence to 35 years confinement is here (WaPo).
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A Few Thoughts on PFC Manning’s Sentence
Apparently this thing called trending on Twitter tells you what the collective world conscience is thinking about. And I just checked with our CAAFlog twitter page (@CAAFlog) and it looks like...
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Military Justice News for Friday, Aug. 23, 2013
Judgment Week continues. Within a week we may have resolution of three of the most high profile courts martial in the last decade. Another high profile court martial case is awaiting a decision. MAJ...
View ArticleTop Ten Military Justice Stories of 2013 – #3: The PFC Bradley Manning Case
Number three this year looks a lot like #3 last year, the PFC Manning case has been a media darling, earning multiple spots on our top ten list. But alas Bradley Manning’s time in the spotlight has run...
View ArticlePFC Manning Files Appeal at ACCA
Coverage abounds of the recently filed appeal of PFC manning at the Army Court of Criminal Appeals, here (AP via Army Times), here (ABC News), here (AP via Stars&Stripes), and here (Wired)–yes,...
View ArticlePFC Manning hospitalized after reported suicide attempt
According to this CNN report, PFC Manning – who pleaded guilty to some offenses and was convicted of others in connection with the mishandling of classified material, and who received a sentence that...
View ArticleManning Sentence Commuted by POTUS
Here is the NYT article on the commutation of Private Manning’s sentence that results in a release date in May of 2017 rather than finishing the remaining 27 or so years and being released in...
View ArticlePOTUS Weighs in on Manning Case While Appeal is Still Pending
Here is CNN coverage of POTUS’s early morning tweet paraphrasing Fox News coverage of a Private Manning article, here, that was critical of President Obama for being insufficiently progressive. The...
View ArticleHarvard Adds Fellow with MilJus Experience
So Chelsea (former Bradley) Manning has a fellowship at Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics. Release here. Prompting the resignation of at least one other fellow, here. H/t JK
View ArticleHarvard Subtracts Fellow with MilJus Experience
Here is a link to Army Times coverage of the Harvard Kennedy School disinviting Chelsea Manning from the list of 2018 Fellows after a severe case of public backlash. Here is the school’s statement,...
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