A Canadian citizen captured by the U.S. in Afghanistan at age 15 and held at the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has a constitutional right to materials…
Among the Justice Department officials who raised concerns about harsh interrogations of al-Qaida suspects were Michael Chertoff, the Homeland Security chief who was at the time the assistant attorney general…
A federal appeals court is allowing an Air Force nurse to challenge the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy under a standard that makes her case easier to prove.
A new book by attorney Philippe Sands is written in the style of a mystery novel. In fact, it is even recommended by John Le Carré, the well-known author of…
Defense lawyers say charges have been dropped against a detainee suspected in the Sept. 11 attacks because evidence against him was obtained by torture.
A military judge in the trial of Osama bin Laden’s driver has barred the Pentagon official who oversees the military commissions at Guantanamo from participating in the case.
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. government to turn over to him for in camera review by Monday a secret memorandum described by the American Civil Liberties Union as…
A military judge has sided with the defense in pretrial proceedings in the the controversial terrorism case of a Canadian suspect captured by U.S. forces in Afghanistan at age 15.
A Kuwaiti detainee released from Guantanamo Bay became a suicide bomber in one of three suicide attacks last month in the Iraqi city of Mosul, according to the U.S. military.
Several lawyers who represent Guantanamo detainees have changed the way they practice law because of concerns that the government is listening in to all of their phone conversations.
A House panel is moving ahead with efforts to force testimony by those believed to have played leading roles in helping the Bush administration craft aggressive interrogation policies for terrorism…
Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a Guantanamo detainee who maintains he was nothing more than a driver for Osama bin Laden, told a military judge yesterday that he will boycott the proceedings.
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