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Guantanamo Bay
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
Twenty Years After 9/11 Attacks, a "Patient" Judge is Set to Take Command
By John Ryan | News & Features, Guantanamo Bay
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – The largest criminal case in U.S. history resumed this week with…
September 7, 2021
Lawyers Allege “Defective” Arraignment at Start of Latest Guantanamo Case
By John Ryan | News & Features, Guantanamo Bay
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – Defense teams for the three Guantanamo Bay detainees charged wit…
August 31, 2021
Guantanamo Detainee Majid Khan Poised for Sentencing and Release After July Hearing
By John Ryan | News & Features, Guantanamo Bay
The word “closure” has rarely been associated with the military commissions on Guantanam…
August 4, 2021
Military Commissions Resume On Guantanamo Amid Biden Closure Plans and Pandemic Uncertainty
By John Ryan | News & Features, Guantanamo Bay
As court hearings go, the July 13-14 session on the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base was relatively mundane…
July 21, 2021
Next 9/11 Judge Will Inherit Clashes Over Witnesses, New Defender and Covid Safety
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
Sketch of Guantanamo courtroom by Janet Hamlin. The January testimony of Dr. James Mitchell, the con…
October 16, 2020
Due Process Violation Claimed Over CIA Electronic Presence in 9/11 Pretrial
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
Sketch by Janet Hamlin. Video and audio reaches the courtroom viewing gallery on a 40-second delay t…
February 19, 2020
Lead Lawyer’s Potential Exit From 9/11 Case Sparks Emotional Arguments
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – James Harrington, the 75-year-old fixture of the Sept. 11 case, aske…
February 18, 2020
Lead Defense Lawyer in Sept. 11 Case Asks To Leave, Creating Uncertainty for Path to Trial
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
Defense attorney James Harrington. Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – One of the lead defense lawyers…
February 11, 2020
CIA's Architect of Brutal Interrogations Claims He Later Held Hands of Accused 9/11 Mastermind
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
Sketch by Janet Hamlin. James Mitchell (above) completed his testimony Friday morning before John "B…
January 31, 2020
CIA Psychologist Threatened to Cut Throat of KSM’s Son in Quest to Stop More Attacks
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
Sketch by Janet Hamlin. Khalid Shaikh Mohammad (left) confers with his defense team. Guantanamo Nava…
January 27, 2020
Rogue Agent Trained Interrogators of Sept. 11 Defendants, Program's Architect Claims
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
Sketch by Janet Hamlin. Defense attorney James Connell (left) completed his examination of James Mit…
January 23, 2020
CIA's 9/11 Interrogation Leader Sheds Defiant Tears Testifying at Guantanamo Bay
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
Sketch by Janet Hamlin. The judge, Air Force Col. Shane Cohen (left), watched defense lawyer James C…
January 21, 2020
FBI Witness in Sept. 11 Case Was Present At Overseas Interrogations of Defendant in 2002
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
Photo of Ramzi bin al Shibh taken by the International Committee of the Red Cross and provided by hi…
November 9, 2019
FBI Involvement in CIA Black Site Interrogations Confirmed by Third Witness
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
Photo of the courtroom used for the Sept. 11 case provided by Joint Task Force Guantanamo Public Aff…
November 2, 2019