Guantanamo Trials

Sept 11 Trial May Face New Delays

AP | BEN FOX | Posted 04.03.2012

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Lawyers for at least two Guantanamo Bay prisoners accused of planning the Sept. 11 attack asked the Pentagon on Thursda...

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The Absurdity of the National Security State

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 08.27.2011

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As lawmakers fall all over each other to prove who's toughest on terrorism, critics from across the political spectrum are finally starting to decry the absurd results.

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New Guantanamo Trials Could Include 9/11 Suspects

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR and ERICA WERNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's decision to resume military trials for detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will open the door for the prose...

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Obama To Approve Guantanamo Trials

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR and ERICA WERNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama reversed course Monday and ordered a resumption of military trials for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cu...

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Is the White House's Gitmo Policy Unraveling or Coming Together?

ProPublica | Posted 05.25.2011

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The news today that the Obama administration has decided to go forward with new military at Guantanamo will test its commitment to a two-track policy and Obama's first promise as president: to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay.

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Ahmed Ghailani, Guantanamo Bay Detainee, Acquitted Of All But 1 Charge In New York

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — The first Guantanamo detainee to face a civilian trial was acquitted Wednesday of all but one of the hundreds of charges he helped un...

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Now Showing in the Theatre of Public Apology

Kyle G. Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

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After years of whining about torture, mistreatment and mock justice in Guantanamo Bay, Omar Khadr finally understood: he simply had to apologize.

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Guantanamo's Youngest Prisoner, Captured At 15, Has Trial About To Begin

AP | MIKE MELIA | Posted 05.25.2011

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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — A smiling Omar Khadr appeared in a suit and tie Tuesday and greeted prospective jurors at the start of his tri...

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Terrorists, Senators and Trials

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.25.2011

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Flying in the face of conventional wisdom and airborne by his own elocution, Senator Graham states that "civilian trials create confusion," an astonishing assertion given their 89% conviction rate of suspected terrorists.

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House Republicans Looking To Defund Terror Trials

Marc Ambinder | Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pardon the interruption for a moment, but there's a big bill in the House today that could tie the hands of the Justice Department and the White House...

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Guant�namo Prisoners To Be Tried in U.S., Congressional Agreement Allows

nytimes.com | DAVID JOHNSTON | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Congressional leaders have decided to allow detainees imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to be brought to the United States to face civ...

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9/11 Trials Create Nasty Legal Spat Among Defense Lawyers

Newsweek | Michael Isikoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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A nasty spat has broken out among defense lawyers over an issue that is likely to be front and center in the upcoming 9/11 trial in New York: who actu...

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Closing GITMO: Is This the Department of Justice's Detention Model?

William Fisher | Posted 05.25.2011

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The government is already imprisoning, in the U.S., American citizens awaiting trial on terror-related charges, under what their supporters describe as draconian conditions.

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Obama Admin May Permit 9/11 Suspects To Plead Guilty In Capital Cases

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Guantanamo detainees facing the death penalty could plead guilty without a full trial under a plan the Obama administration is cons...

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Gitmo Prosecutor Quits Over "Ethical Qualms"

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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John McCain, Legal Historian

Shayana Kadidal | Posted 05.25.2011

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As McCain claims, judges are indeed "unaccountable" to voters. That is precisely why they are well-situated to serve to hold the executive branch accountable for its abuses and incompetence.

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Letter from Gitmo -- Camp "Injustice"

Anthony D. Romero and Hina Shamsi | Posted 05.25.2011

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The hearings in Guantánamo were not in any way conducted like an American court of law, with the words torture so abundantly used and with lawyers denied the ability to assist their clients.

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9/11 Victims Deserve Better than Guantanamo

Stacy Sullivan | Posted 05.25.2011

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No matter how hard Bush tries to sell these arraignments as a great day for justice, it can't spin the Guantanamo courtroom spectacle into a fair judicial process worthy of the victims of September 11, 2001.

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Lawyer: Gitmo Trials Pegged To '08 Campaign

McClatchy | Carol Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Navy lawyer for Osama bin Laden's driver has accused senior Pentagon officials of orchestrating war crimes prosecutions of detainees held at Guant...

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