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Lead Defense Lawyer in Sept. 11 Case Asks To Leave, Creating Uncertainty for Path to Trial
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – One of the lead defense lawyers in the Sept. 11 military commission …
February 11, 2020
Rogue Agent Trained Interrogators of Sept. 11 Defendants, Program's Architect Claims
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – James Mitchell, the psychologist who designed the CIA’s 9/11 int…
January 23, 2020
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…
September 27, 2019
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
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – For the past few years, lawyers defending the accused Sept. 11 consp…
September 10, 2019
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 …
July 28, 2019
Government Previews Defense of CIA Interrogation Program; Lawyers Receive Discovery of 'Depraved' Conduct
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
The prosecution team led by Brig. Gen. Mark Martins contends that the controversial CIA interrogatio…
July 23, 2019
Another “Groundhog Day” as Sept. 11 Case Revisits Access to Intelligence Witnesses and Suppression
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
Defense lawyer Walter Ruiz. Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – The judge on the Sept. 11 case will ev…
June 24, 2019
Sept. 11 Case at Guantanamo Gets Another New Judge, And This One Plans to Stay
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
Air Force Col. Shane Cohen Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – More than seven years in, the Sept. 11 …
June 17, 2019
Unsung Heroes of the Military Commissions: Supervisory Paralegal John Cox
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
If you’re looking for a military commissions “lifer,” you’ve found one in John Cox, the Supe…
May 13, 2019
Attorneys in Sept. 11 Case Battle Over Adequacy of Bleak Torture Descriptions
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
David Nevin is the lead defense attorney for Khalid Shaikh Mohammad. Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba …
November 15, 2018
Defense Seeks Recusal of New Judge Who Claims Little Memory of His Feelings On Sept. 11, 2001
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
The military judge decided Tuesday not to recuse himself but said defense teams could raise challeng…
September 10, 2018
Suppression of “Clean Team” Statements a Turning Point in Sept. 11 Case
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
A military judge’s decision to block the government from using statements that the five Sept. 11 d…
August 22, 2018
Lawyers in Sept. 11 Case Claim CIA-FBI Collusion Taints All Interrogations
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
Defense lawyers James Connell (left) and Marine Lt. Col. Derek Poteet took questions from reporters …
July 24, 2018
Trump's Role as Tweeter-in-Chief Could Compromise 9/11 Prosecution
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – The tweeting habits of President Trump finally gave prosecutors, d…
May 3, 2018
Battle Over Protection of CIA Agents Pits Duty Versus National Security in Sept. 11 Hearings
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – The battle over whether lawyers for the five men accused in the 9/…
May 1, 2018