Tag: Military Commissions Act
Posted on Thu Jun 12, 2008 at 01:01:13 PM EST
Tags: Guantanamo, Detainees, Military Commissions Act (all tags)
More reaction to the Gitmo detainee decision (pdf):
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- ACLU
- Center for Constitutional Rights
- Human Rights First
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Posted on Tue May 13, 2008 at 11:24:25 AM EST
Tags: Guantanamo, Detainees, Military Commissions Act (all tags)
A military judge today dismissed the charges against Guantanamo detainee Mohammed al-Qahtani. The Pentagon had claimed al-Qahtani was the "20th hijacker" for 9/11. He had been subjected to harsh interrogation techniques.
The charges against five other detainees, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed were approved. They face a possible death penalty.
Here are some of the techniques used on al-Qahtani, from the interrogators' log : [More...]
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Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 at 09:52:14 AM EST
Tags: Guantanamo, Detainees, Military Commissions Act (all tags)
The Washington Post reports that the Bush Administration says it is unlikely that trials of any of the Guantanamo detainees will take place before Bush leaves office.
Nearly seven years later, however, not one of the approximately 775 terrorism suspects who have been held on this island has faced a jury trial inside the new complex, and U.S. officials think it is highly unlikely that any of the Sept. 11 suspects will before the Bush administration ends.
Though men such as Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, are expected to be arraigned in coming months -- appearing publicly for the first time after years of secret detention and harsh interrogations -- officials say it could be a year or longer before worldwide audiences will see even the first piece of evidence or testimony against them.
All three presidential candidates, Hillary, Obama and McCain have promised to close Guantanamo. [More...]
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Posted on Wed Feb 20, 2008 at 11:39:48 AM EST
Tags: military commissions act, detainees, Guantanamo (all tags)
A must-read today: Russ Tuttle reports on the planned Guantanamo military commission trials in The Nation:
Now, as the murky, quasi-legal staging of the Bush Administration's military commissions unfolds, a key official has told The Nation that the trials are rigged from the start. According to Col. Morris Davis, former chief prosecutor for Guantánamo's military commissions, the process has been manipulated by Administration appointees in an attempt to foreclose the possibility of acquittal.
This is mind-boggling: Pentagon Chief Counsel William Haynes told Davis there can be no acquittals: [More...]
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