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Who's Running Guantanamo?

Andy Worthington | Posted 03.12.2009 | World

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Hunger Strike, Terrorism, Abdul Rahim Al-Nashiri, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Lt. Col. Yvonne Bradley, Death in Guantanamo, Susan Crawford, Binyam Mohamed, David Addington, Military Commissions Act, Barack Obama, Military Commissions, Dick Cheney, Politics, Bush Administration Torture, Guantanamo Hunger Strike, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Robert Gates, Sandra Hodgkinson, Breaking Politics News, Col. James Pohl, Mohammed Al-Qahtani, Tara Jones, Closing Guantanamo, Torture, World News
Andy Worthington

On January 20, the answer to that question seemed obvious. However, on January 29, the Commissions' recently appointed chief judge provided the first challenge to the president's plans.

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The Dying Days of the Guantanamo Trials

Andy Worthington | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

Read More: Mohamed Jawad, Al-Qaeda, Col. Stephen Henley, David Hicks, Guantanamo, Taliban, Omar Khadr, Dick Cheney, Lt. Cmdr. William Kuebler, Tarek El-Sawah, Ali Hamza Al-Bahlul, Col. James Pohl, The Guantanamo Files, Closing Guantanamo, Abdul Ghani, Ahmed Al-Darbi, Afghanistan, Abdul Rahim Al-Nashiri, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, CIA Torture, Susan Crawford, David Addington, Salim Hamdan, Noor Uthman Muhammed, Barack Obama, Military Commissions, Osama Bin Laden, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann, Torture, Politics, World News
Andy Worthington

The Military Commissions to try Guantanamo detainees have rarely grabbed the media attention that a novel, flagship program to try "terror suspects" should have attracted.

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Guantanamo Trials: Another Torture Victim Charged

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo Detainees, Al-Qaeda, Abdul Rahim Al-Nashiri, Terrorism, David Hicks, Uss Cole Bombing, Guantanamo, CIA Torture, Waterboarding, Gen. Michael Hayden, Military Commissions, Politics News
Andy Worthington

In the real world, where evidence obtained through torture is inadmissible, it remains unclear whether the government's attempts to set up a judicial system for alleged terrorists will ever be successful.

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