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The military commissions, which will continue to be tainted by the dark legacy of Guantánamo, will always be doubted and cannot achieve the justice that 9/11 family members and all Americans deserve.
Andy Worthington | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics
Lt. Col. David Frakt said Congress is still behaving unconstitutionally with regard to the right of the Executive branch and the Judiciary to order the release of prisoners from Guantanamo.
David Danzig | Posted 10.08.2009 | World
More than seven years after U.S. forces picked up a 15-year-old boy in a remote Afghan town, the government appears to be on the verge of deciding where to give him his day in court.
Human Rights First | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics
Although the judge granted the Obama Administration's request, he also did not fail to take note that the government was seeking its third delay in connection with events that occurred nine years ago.
Andy Worthington | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics
Scarcely in its history has the United States entertained such a shabby and shamelessly politicized travesty of justice as the Military Commissions.
Andy Worthington | Posted 09.18.2009 | World
Following Judge Kollar-Kotelly's ruling, the DOJ did not indicate whether it will appeal the decision, but I sincerely hope that the government follows the judge's advice and repatriates al-Rabia.
Andy Worthington | Posted 08.31.2009 | World
I still have no firm idea why Obama and Holder have allowed the Justice Department to pursue unjustifiable and unwinnable habeas cases, resulting in humiliation after humiliation.
David Danzig | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics
Could President Obama and the U.S. Congress transform a deeply flawed legal process -- struck down, at one time by the Supreme Court -- into one that acted like a real court?
Andy Worthington | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics
With no visible progress this was another dismal outing for the Commissions, and another warning for the Obama administration that any kind of revival of the wretched trial system will remain fraught with insoluble problems.
David Danzig | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics
The judge and the attorneys labored as best they could under a system that is constantly evolving. But many were left wondering if such a complex case might be better off in a more mature setting.
Andy Worthington | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics
Lt. Col. Vandeveld said, "I simply could not in good conscience continue to work for an ad-hoc, hastily created apparatus whose evident resort to expediency and ethical compromise were so contrary to my own."
Amnesty International | Posted 08.09.2009 | World
Last month, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani became the first Guantanamo Bay detainee to be brought to the United States for trial outside of the military commission system.
Andy Worthington | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics
A legal quagmire that lacks legitimacy and maintains key policies of the Bush administration's "War on Terror" is almost too awful to contemplate.
Andy Worthington | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics
The government will not use any statements made by the suspect in secret prisons, nor will the evidence "be very different" from that used when his alleged co-conspirators were tried by the federal court in 2001.
Marjorie Cohn | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics
Obama's capitulation to the intelligence gurus and the right-wing attack dogs will not only imperil the rule of law; it will actually make us more vulnerable to future acts of terrorism.
Andy Worthington | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics
Look at the sentence, "Hold[ing] individuals to keep them from carrying out an act of war," replace "an act of war" with "any crime," and you will realize why the proposed policy is so terrifying.
Martin Garbus | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics
The real reason Obama is giving in on military commissions because of resistance by local communities to house these defendants.
Andy Worthington | Posted 06.19.2009 | World
It is difficult to see how much of the "evidence" against the Gitmo prisoners can be anything other than a tissue of lies extracted through torture, coercion, bribery and exploitation.
The Huffington Post | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics
The White House released a statement Friday afternoon clarifying the president's position on the use of military tribunals: Statement of President Ba...
Washington Post | Peter Finn | Posted 06.09.2009 | Politics
The Obama administration is preparing to revive the system of military commissions established at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, under new rules that would off...
Andy Worthington | Posted 06.04.2009 | World
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.
Andy Worthington | Posted 03.26.2009 | World
I thought it appropriate to relate a few anecdotes that bring Binyam the human being, rather than Binyam the prisoner, to life.
Andy Worthington | Posted 03.12.2009 | World
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.
Andy Worthington | Posted 02.23.2009 | World
Obama's new Orders are a bold start, but more detail is required, dangerous loopholes must be shut off permanently, and other parts of the Bush administration's dark legacy need to be swiftly addressed.
Andy Worthington | Posted 02.22.2009 | World
In one of his first acts as president, Obama ordered prosecutors in Guantanamo's Military Commission trials to ask for a four-month stay on all proceedings.
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Talat Hamdani | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics