Susan Crawford

The Dark Heart of Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mohamed Jawad, Terrorism, David Hicks, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, CIA Torture, Susan Crawford, David Addington, Salim Hamdan, Military Commissions Act, Omar Khadr, Military Commissions, Dick Cheney, Daniel Dell'Orto, Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, Col. Morris Davis, Scott Horton, William J. Haynes II, Maj. David Frakt, Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Vandevelt's profound criticisms of a system that imprisons juveniles and suppresses evidence relevant to the defense, is just part of a much darker narrative that has been unfolding for the last 18 months.

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British Court Rules Against UK and US in Case of Guantanamo Torture Victim Binyam Mohamed

Andy Worthington | Posted 08.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Clive Stafford-Smith, John Bellinger, David Miliband, CIA Secret Prisons, US State Department, UK High Court, Terrorism, American Torture, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Lt. Col. Yvonne Bradley, Susan Crawford, Binyam Mohamed, Military Commissions, Politics News
Andy Worthington

In the lawless world of Guantánamo -- and the United States' even murkier network of secret prisons run by or on behalf of the CIA -- it has taken si...

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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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