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Guantanamo Bay
Government Witness Testifies to “Free Will” Of USS Cole Suspect in Guantanamo Interrogations
By John Ryan | News & Features, Guantanamo Bay
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – A forensic psychiatrist on Thursday testified that a defen…
April 20, 2023
In Black Site Reenactment, Former CIA Psychologist Orders Defense Attorney "Into the Box"
By John Ryan | News & Features, Guantanamo Bay
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – Dr. Bruce Jessen, who helped develop the CIA's post 9/11 interro…
April 14, 2023
Doctor Testifies to Sexual Trauma of USS Cole Bombing Suspect
By John Ryan | News & Features, Guantanamo Bay
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – A medical doctor on Thursday testified to the continuing effects…
February 23, 2023
Lawyers Elicit Competing Views of Hearsay Evidence in USS Cole Bombing Case
By John Ryan | News & Features, Guantanamo Bay
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – Lawyers in the USS Cole bombing case resumed their high-stakes b…
December 9, 2022
Hopes for Settlement in 9/11 Case Defer Public Hearings More than Two Decades On
By John Ryan | News & Features, Guantanamo Bay
Court sessions for the rest of the year will likely be suspended as the Biden administration reviews plea deals.
October 1, 2022
Critical Suppression Hearing Resumes in Guantanamo’s USS Cole Bombing Case
By John Ryan | News & Features, Guantanamo Bay
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – Lawyers for the detainee accused of planning the USS Cole bombin…
July 29, 2022
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
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
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
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