Col Morris Davis

Folly and Injustice: Salim Hamdan's Guantanamo Trial

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, US Supreme Court, Terrorism, Ali Soufan, Neal Katyal, Guantanamo Detainees, Judge James Robertson, Guantanamo, Prisoners of War, Salim Hamdan, Military Commissions Act, US District Court, Detainee Treatment Act, Military Commissions, Nuremberg Trials, Combatant Status Review Tribunals, Col. Morris Davis, Politics News
Andy Worthington

As with justice, logic is in short supply in the executive's approach to terror suspects, who have been deprived of the protections of the Geneva Conventions to make false confessions.

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Guantanamo Trial Delayed: Judge Invokes Pending Supreme Court Decision

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.20.2008 | Home

Read More: US Supreme Court, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Col. Morris Davis, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Rasul v. Bush, Salim Hamdan, The Guantanamo Files, Mustafa Al-Hawsawi, Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, Capt. Keith Allred, Dick Cheney, Military Commissions, Home News
Andy Worthington

As a recent decision by a military judge makes clear, the wheels of justice revolve in slow motion at Guantánamo, as those responsible for the exerci...

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The Ends Versus the Means

Robyn Blumner | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Col. Morris Davis, Ways and Means, Salim Hamdan, President Bush, Means and Ends, Executive Power, John Elwood, Politics News
Robyn Blumner

There are those for whom the ends justifies the means and those for whom the means matter. Count me as someone who cares supremely about the means. Count the present administration as one who doesn't give a hoot.

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Betrayals, Backsliding and Boycotts: the Continuing Collapse of Guantanamo's Military Commissions

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, CIA Torture, Susan Crawford, Al-Qaeda, Salim Hamdan, Omar Khadr, Capt. Keith Allred, Col. Peter Brownback, Osama Bin Laden, Military Commissions, Dick Cheney, Lt. Cmdr. William Kuebler, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Col. Morris Davis, Ali Hamza Al-Bahlul, Mohammed Al-Qahtani, William J. Haynes II, Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Anyone who has kept half an eye on the proceedings at the Military Commissions in Guantanamo will be aware that their progress has been faltering at best.

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Guantanamo's Shambolic Trials: Pentagon Boss Resigns, Ex-Chief Prosecutor Joins Defense

Andy Worthington | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: William J Haynes II, Waterboarding, David Hicks, Michael Mukasey, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Susan Crawford, David Addington, Salim Hamdan, Omar Khadr, Dick Cheney, Military Commissions, Alberto J Mora, Col. Morris Davis, US Torture, Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann, Politics News
Andy Worthington

The Bush administration's decision to choose a child soldier -- the Canadian Omar Khadr -- as its first attempt at a real conviction continues to attract heated opposition.

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Guantanamo Trials: Where Are The Terrorists?

Andy Worthington | Posted 02.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ibrahim Al-Qosi, Lt. Cmdr. William Kuebler, Mohamed Jawad, Lt. Cmdr. Charles Swift, Col. Morris Davis, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Salim Hamdan, Al-Qaeda, Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann, Omar Khadr, Col. Peter Brownback, Osama Bin Laden, Military Commissions, Politics News
Andy Worthington

The US military has spent $12 million on a mobile court complex, which is intended to be used for the trial by Military Commission of up to 80 detainees, beginning in May.

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