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Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead. Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – The tweeting habits of President Trump finally gave prosecutors, defense…
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – The battle over whether lawyers for the five men accused in the 9/11 terrorist attacks are entitled…
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kilho Park/JTF-Guantanamo Public Affairs. Any lawyer who specializes in death penalty work expects to face…
Defense attorney Alka Pradhan criticized the quality of the evidence provided by the government. Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – Nearly six years…
Defense lawyer James Harrington said that threats to security clearances take a toll on his team members. The first pretrial session…
Photo of defense attorney James Connell by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – Pretrial arguments in the Sept….
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – The events of Sept. 11, 2001, often seem a world away from the maze of pretrial…
You wouldn’t guess by watching the Sept.11 military case at Guantanamo Bay that Walter Ruiz, as a law student at…
The retirement of Army Brig. Gen. Mark Martins, once set for the end of this month, has been deferred for…
Defense attorney David Nevin discussed his motion to abate the case at the closing press conference. Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba –…
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – Prosecutors on Monday said they want the judge to admit as evidence a “graphic and incendiary” typed “confession”…
Mark Denbeaux (left), Charles Church and Navy Commander Patrick Flor, lawyers for Abu Zubaydah, explained to reporters their client’s decision…
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – Pretrial proceedings in the Sept. 11 military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay resumed this week with arguments…
The chief prosecutor, Army Brig. Gen. Mark Martins, believes a June 2018 trial date is realistic. Defense attorneys strongly disagree….
James Connell, lead attorney for Ammar al Baluchi, wants information on how the CIA cooperated with the filmmakers of “Zero Dark…
About this Lawdragon short documentary “Guantanamo Bay: A Video Introduction” takes viewers inside the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and Joint Task…
Michael Schwartz (left) and Edwin Perry, attorneys for Walid bin Attash, convinced the judge to postpone oral arguments because the…
Defense lawyers James Connell (left) and Walter Ruiz take questions from reporters at the Camp Justice media center before the…
Alka Pradhan, a civilinan defense attorney for Ammar al Baluchi, speaks at the October session’s concluding press conference, flanked on her…
This Pentagon-approved sketch by court artist Janet Hamlin from June 2014 shows the perspective from the viewing gallery at the…
Defense attorney Walter Ruiz spoke at Thursday’s press conference. He called the CIA’s rendition program an “international criminal enterprise.” Guantanamo…
A view of the detainee holding cells near the court where the five Sept. 11 defendants will be tried. (Photo…
The chief prosecutor of the military commissions, Army Brig. Gen. Mark Martins, took questions from reporters in the Camp Justice…
A view of the defense side of the courtroom where the Sept. 11 defendants are being tried at Guantanamo Bay….
Marine Brig. Gen. John Baker is now one year into his role as Chief Defense Counsel for the military commissions at…
Defense attorneys James Harrington (left), Army Maj. Alaina Wichner and Navy Cmdr. Patrick Flor take questions from reporters after Thursday’s…
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – Prosecutors on Tuesday asked the judge presiding over the Sept. 11 military trial to schedule public…
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – Prosecutors, defense attorneys, court staff and observers arrived at Guantanamo Bay on Saturday for a week-long…
Photo of Brent Rushforth provided by his firm, McKool Smith. Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – The gears of justice at Guantanamo…
Those who knew Prof. David Glazier during his college days at Amherst assumed he would go to law school, and…
A Justice Department filing has delayed the Sept. 11 case. Photo by Kkistl01 | Dreamstime.com. Mystery lingered this week over Army…
Brig. Gen. Mark Martins spoke at a Feb. 26 Guantanamo Bay press conference and took additional questions from Lawdragon the next morning. Photo provided by…
All photos taken by John Ryan and approved for use by Joint Task Force Guantanamo public affairs. Earlier this year, Lawdragon…
A view of an empty cell block in Camp 6, which is made available for media tours. The Sept. 11 defendants…
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – More than 14 years after the Sept. 11 attacks, one of those accused of plotting the horrific…
On Tuesday, President Obama criticized the military commissions system he signed into law. (Video still from whitehouse.gov.) Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba –…
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – The chief prosecutor of the military commissions at Guantanamo Bay told the presiding judge on the…
Scenes from the controversial movie played on courtroom monitors. (Photo courtesy of Joint Task Force Guantanamo, Public Affairs.) Guantanamo Naval Base,…
Judge Refuses to Remove Lead Defense Attorney; Case Moves into Discovery of CIA Interrogations Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – Pretrial hearings in the 9/11…
(Photo by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.) As one of the lead lawyers for the five men facing the death…
(Defense attorney Walter Ruiz at a military commissions press conference.) The Military Commission Hears Unlawful Influence Claims, Then Moves into Discovery…
(Photo of Guantanamo detainees praying by Spc. Ryan Hallock / Joint Task Force Guantanamo, Public Affairs.) GUANTANAMO NAVAL BASE, CUBA…
A view of the detainee holding cells near the court where the five Sept. 11 defendants will be tried. (Photo…
A view of the defense side of the courtroom where the Sept. 11 defendants are being tried at Guantanamo Bay….
(James Harrington, lead defense lawyer for Ramzi bin al Shibh, at an Oct. 30 press briefing following the most recent hearings.)…
Two weeks of hearings in the Sept. 11 case at Guantanamo Bay ended on Friday with prosecutors and defense attorneys…
(The prosecution team led by Army Brig. Gen. Mark Martins, above, wanted to be heard by the judge on a defendant’s…
(The Camp Justice building above houses Courtroom I and staff offices. The nearby Courtroom II, where the Sept. 11 defendants…
The military commission against five defendants accused of planning and financing the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks took a step forward…
The trip from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, to Guantanamo Bay for this week’s pre-trial hearings in the military commission against…
Photo: Camp Justice houses the legal complex on Guantanamo Bay where detainees are to be tried. Watching proceedings in Courtroom…
Lawdragon Video: “Challenging Authority: Baher Azmy of the Center for Constitutional Rights.” The vast majority of lawyers chosen for the…
