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Col James Pohl

Gitmo Defense Lawyers Fear Gov't Spying On Detainees

AP | BEN FOX | Posted 04.13.2013 | World
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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Lawyers for the five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks want to know if U.S. gove...

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Ryan J. Reilly

Guantanamo Judge Eliminates Secret Censor

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan J. Reilly | Posted 01.31.2013 | Politics
Read More: Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, 9/11 Trials, Video, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Col. James Pohl, Politics News

GUANTANAMO NAVY BASE, Cuba -- The military judge handling the trial of five detainees charged in connection with the Sept. 11 attacks ordered the gove...

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Ryan J. Reilly

Guantanamo's Secret Censor Remains A Mystery

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan J. Reilly | Posted 01.29.2013 | Politics
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GUANTANAMO NAVY BASE, Cuba -- Judge Col. James Pohl insisted he was the only person who could close the military commission courtroom here a day after...

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Ryan J. Reilly

Secret Censor Cuts Public Access To Guantanamo 9/11 Case

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan J. Reilly | Posted 01.28.2013 | Politics
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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba --A judge expressed frustration on Monday that an unknown U.S. government entity censored his courtroom audiovisual fee...

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Judge Maintains Shroud Of Secrecy On 9/11 Trials

Reuters | Posted 02.11.2013 | World
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By Jane Sutton MIAMI, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. military judge overseeing the Guantanamo prosecution of five alleged conspirators i...

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Al-Nashiri Military Commission Case Presents Moral and Legal Dilemmas

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 01.10.2012 | Politics
Read More: Federal Courts, Guantanamo, Uss Cole, Col. James Pohl, Abd Al-Rahim Al-Nashiri, Terrorism, Military Commissions, Politics News
Daphne Eviatar

The Obama administration will mark the 10-year anniversary of the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay with the trial of a man locked up for a decade without trial and accused of "war crimes" committed long before the United States was even at war.

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Obama's First 100 Days: A Start On Guantanamo, But Not Enough

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Andy Worthington

Just Binyam Mohamed and the Yemeni doctor, Ayman Batarfi have been cleared for release. At this rate, of course, it will take decades to close Guantánamo.

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Who's Running Guantanamo?

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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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 05.25.2011 | World
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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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