[Cats Pajamas]

From Neocurtis twitter feed.

https://twitter.com/neocurtis1/status/1144561463618494465

https://www.fbo.gov/index.php?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=a44fe4bbec34cba04711c18fccd3dde6&tab=core&_cview=0

Gov’t hiring cameraman and sound technicians for Gitmo courtrooms

OMC Courtroom Technology Support Services

Jun 06, 2019 1:24 pm

Solicitation Number: HQ0034-19-R-0189

[little jeremiah]

I copied Praying Medic’s thread about the Gitmo hiring court technicians. Too bad it was on the end of the old thread and I didn’t have enough energy to bring it to the new thread.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3758265/posts?page=1471#1471

[little jeremiah]

Copying from the last thread, not sure if all the links will show up. Bigg Red noticed some phrases that indicated maybe not what we are looking to see, I'll try to copy below this.

https://twitter.com/prayingmedic/status/1143604559517872128

1) Gitmo has been seeking input from qualified parties interested in providing technology support for their courtroom.

(Note: This posting was opened June 6th and closed June 14th.)https://t.co/XhTsZTBfbu pic.twitter.com/rsCMEzkdx9— Praying Medic (@prayingmedic) June 25, 2019

2) This "Sources Sought" notice is for informational purposes only and is not (at this time) a request for the submission of a proposal (RFP).

Full Document Here: https://t.co/hDJZaAfntu pic.twitter.com/73aeK2Bc9A— Praying Medic (@prayingmedic) June 25, 2019

3) The DOD does anticipate this process will lead to a one year contract being offered with several one-year renewal options.

The estimated value of the contract is $2 million or more. pic.twitter.com/pnLHhRP6OW— Praying Medic (@prayingmedic) June 25, 2019

4) A qualified party will have Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI). pic.twitter.com/twT8EmDlex— Praying Medic (@prayingmedic) June 25, 2019

5) The mission is to provide the personnel and expertise needed to develop a successful broadcast platform for military commissions (trials). pic.twitter.com/5Gi4uguTxz— Praying Medic (@prayingmedic) June 25, 2019

6) You can decide for yourself how (or if) this information is relevant to current events. /end pic.twitter.com/V6QVNgeN0b— Praying Medic (@prayingmedic) June 25, 2019

[little jeremiah]

Okay - found some relevant comments to the Gitmo hiring.

Mine:

NOTE: Under Section 948a of the U.S. Code, a person who has engaged in or materially and purposefully supported hostilities against the U.S. or its allies in war or who is a member of al Qaeda is an unprivileged enemy belligerent.
That seems as though this could include any of the American nationality traitors, and if does not include US citizens, certainly can include obola since he is not a US citizen. I wish this discussion was on the new thread; do you know any legal minds to bring to this?

Cboldt's: (which I am seeing for the first time now)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3758265/posts?page=1738#1738

See generally 10 USC Chapter 47, Subchapter I.

This section of federal law sets up "the use of military commissions to try alien unprivileged enemy belligerents for violations of the law of war and other offenses triable by military commission." See 10 USC 948b and 10 USC 948C.

Technically, "military commission" is a particular venue. it is not the same as trials by courts martial, even though common vernacular may conflate ALL military trials as being under a military commission.

There are significant barriers (or at the least, considerable uncertainty) to the trial of non-combatants, especially citizens, in any court other than a title III court, the usual federal courts. Wiki summary of Hamdan v., Rumsfeld provides a reasonably accurate summary view of this line of case. The issue remains unsettled by SCOTUS, as GWB removed Hamdan from the military-track venue before SCOTUS had a chance to weigh in.