The Features
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…