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John Ryan
Architect of CIA Interrogation Program Testifies to Repeated Abuse of USS Cole Suspect
By John Ryan | News & Features, Guantanamo Bay
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – Former CIA contract psychologist Dr. James Mitchell testif…
May 3, 2022
Sept. 11 Case Loses Lead Lawyer, Makes Progress on Plea Deals
By John Ryan | News & Features, Guantanamo Bay
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – Normally, a military judge’s decision to release a lead de…
March 25, 2022
Lawyer Limelight: Gary Bornstein and Kevin Orsini
By Katrina Dewey , John Ryan | Lawyer Limelights, News & Features
The challenge of finding a commonality in the work of Cravath’s litigators is the dizzying arr…
March 22, 2022
U.S. Government Initiates Plea Talks With 9/11 Defendants
By John Ryan | News & Features, Guantanamo Bay
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – The prosecution in the Sept. 11 case has entered into plea negot…
March 15, 2022
Déjà vu on Guantanamo Bay as Sept. 11 Case Forced into Another Round of Delays
By John Ryan | News & Features, Guantanamo Bay
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – As the new guy in town, Army Brig. Gen. Jackie L. Thompson Jr. m…
March 11, 2022
Lawyer Limelight: Jessie Weber
By John Ryan | Lawyer Limelights
Many young attorneys enter the legal profession out of a passion for social justice, but few make th…
February 15, 2022
Lawyer Limelight: Darren Nicholson
By John Ryan | Lawyer Limelights
One trait common among top trial lawyers is a fascination with a wide array of complex subjects &nda…
February 9, 2022
Lawyer Limelight: Chris Cormier
By John Ryan | Lawyer Limelights
Like many plaintiffs’ lawyers throughout the United States, Chris Cormier was motivated to pu…
December 13, 2021
FBI Agents Became CIA Agents During Crucial Black-Site Period, 9/11 Hearings Reveal
By John Ryan | News & Features, Guantanamo Bay
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – The latest pretrial session in the Sept. 11 case ended much wher…
November 19, 2021
Lawyers in 9/11 Case Seek Evidence of CIA Interrogators' Psychological “Scars”
By John Ryan | News & Features, Guantanamo Bay
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – Lawyers for the Sept. 11 defendants this week asked a military j…
November 8, 2021
Legal Consultant Limelight: Ryan McSharry
By John Ryan | Legal Consultant Limelights
The top outside public relations firms excel at guiding law firms and other clients through high-pro…
November 1, 2021
Jurors Recommend Clemency After Detainee’s Graphic Account of CIA Torture
By John Ryan | News & Features, Guantanamo Bay
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – The tale of how a weed-smoking Baltimore schoolboy became an al …
October 30, 2021
USS Cole Bombing Prosecution Resumes with Focus on Hidden Microphones
By John Ryan | News & Features, Guantanamo Bay
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – Defense attorneys for the detainee accused of planning the Octob…
September 22, 2021
New Sept. 11 Judge Halts Final Day of Hearing Over Covid Concerns
By John Ryan | News & Features, Guantanamo Bay
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – The new military judge in the Sept. 11 case cancelled the last d…
September 17, 2021
Lawyer Limelight: Tamar Weinrib
By John Ryan | Lawyer Limelights
The law has been a true calling for Tamar Weinrib, who gravitated towards legal texts as far back as…
September 9, 2021