481 ABA Journal Guantanamo/Detainees articles.
Three civilian lawyers have quit their defense of the man accused of orchestrating the al-Qaida attack on the USS Cole, part of a “defense revolt” in the case, according to…
Oct 31, 2017 3:56 PM CDT
The ABA filed an amicus brief on Wednesday that urges the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal by a Guantanamo Bay detainee who has been held without trial for…
Jun 1, 2017 9:21 AM CDT
Updated: A draft executive order reportedly prepared by the Trump administration calls for a review to determine whether to reopen CIA prisons overseas and conduct interrogations of high-value terrorists outside…
Jan 25, 2017 12:15 PM CST
In a mixed victory over free-speech rights, a former chief prosecutor at the military tribunals at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba has agreed to accept a…
Jun 2, 2016 1:30 PM CDT
Lawyers for admitted Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed say the military judge overseeing the case issued a secret order authorizing destruction of evidence that would have helped the defense.
…May 12, 2016 11:27 AM CDT
The Department of Defense is asking the American Psychological Association to lift its blanket ban on psychologists participating in national security interrogations for the military and intelligence agencies.
A Defense…
Jan 26, 2016 6:15 AM CST
Fourteen years after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the legal system is still dealing with those alleged to be responsible for the hijacked commercial airlines that crashed into the…
Sep 11, 2015 12:20 PM CDT
A Guantanamo lawyer’s request for an investigation into cancer deaths among those working on detainee trials has gotten the attention of the U.S. Navy.
Guantanamo base spokeswoman Kelly Wirfel said…
Jul 28, 2015 10:59 AM CDT
A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the conspiracy conviction of Osama bin Laden’s spokesperson in an opinion that narrowed the types of crimes that can be tried by military…
Jun 15, 2015 7:36 AM CDT
Just as the U.S. government paid reparations to citizens of Japanese descent interned during World War II, it should now consider doing so to some individuals held at the U.S…
May 5, 2015 3:35 PM CDT
Captured by the Taliban in 2009 after disappearing from his post in Afghanistan, an American soldier was then rescued last year in a controversial prisoner exchange. Now he has been…
Mar 25, 2015 3:30 PM CDT
The first hearing since August in a military case against five men accused of playing a role in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks came to a sudden halt Monday.
…Feb 9, 2015 4:20 PM CST
Jan 1, 2015 4:55 AM CST
Updated: The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee has released a critical report on CIA interrogations on terrorism suspects that were so harsh that some of its officers began questioning their legality.
…Dec 9, 2014 11:14 AM CST
President Barack Obama is said to be unwavering in his commitment to close the Guantanamo detention facility, so much so that the White House is drafting options that would allow…
Oct 10, 2014 8:44 AM CDT
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