Aaron Glantz reports (#3 Audio) that on the third day, Wednesday, February 7th, a mistrial was declared in the Lt. Ehren Watada court-martial. He was covering the trial in Fort Lewis, Washington, for KPFA and Free Speech Radio. Jeff Paterson's analysis of the situation after the mistrial.

: “It is my professional opinion that Lt. Watada cannot be tried again because of the effect of double jeopardy. We did nothing to warrant a mistrial. The judge made all of his rulings himself, or based upon motions by the government. . . . The protection against double jeopardy applies as a constitutional matter.” Seitz added, “The case is now back in a posture that it was in some weeks or months ago, and I do not believe it will ever be resurrected, or ever can be resurrected.”

On February 6th, Jeff Paterson reported that Monday morning's proceedings had "covered numerous defense motions, including a few related to what the military judge Lt. Col. John Head despairingly referred to as the 'Nuremberg Defense.' All motions, 'DENIED', cause: irrelevant."

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