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Military Commissions Resume On Guantanamo Amid Biden Closure Plans and Pandemic Uncertainty
By John Ryan | News & Features, Guantanamo Bay
As court hearings go, last week’s on the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base was relatively mundane. Lt.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Suppression Hearing in Sept. 11 Case Ends With Stormy Exchanges Over Trial Date
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – The headlines generated last month when Air Force Col. Shane Cohen s…
In Sept. 11 Case, One Set of FBI Interrogations Cast in Two Different Lights
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
A location inside the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. A Joint Task Force Guantanamo public affair…
Sept. 11 Case Set for Pivotal Suppression Hearing as Government Declassifies Details of FBI’s Role in CIA Black Sites
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
Photo of defense attorney James Connell by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Guantanam…
Caveat-Laden Trial Date for Sept. 11 Case Emerging on Guantanamo's Horizon
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – Prosecutors and defense teams in the Sept. 11 case haven’t shared …