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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…
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…
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…