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Lawyers Elicit Competing Views of Hearsay Evidence in USS Cole Bombing Case
By John Ryan | News & Features, Guantanamo Bay
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – Lawyers in the USS Cole bombing case resumed their high-stakes b…
December 9, 2022
Author Limelight – Guantanamo: Lisa Hajjar on the Lawyers Who Fought Against Torture
By John Ryan | News & Features
Acclaimed sociologist Lisa Hajjar discusses her new book, "The War in Court," about the lawyers who have fought torture in the war on terror.
October 28, 2022
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.
October 1, 2022
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…
July 29, 2022
Next 9/11 Judge Will Inherit Clashes Over Witnesses, New Defender and Covid Safety
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
The January testimony of Dr. James Mitchell, the contract psychologist who designed the CIA’s cont…
October 16, 2020
The Lawdragon 500 Legends of 2020
By John Ryan | Guides, News & Features
Putting together our 15-year anniversary issue has been a rewarding task during these strange and …
September 19, 2020
Due Process Violation Claimed Over CIA Electronic Presence in 9/11 Pretrial
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – A silver computer tablet sits on the prosecutors' table at the Sept.…
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
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – One of the lead defense lawyers in the Sept. 11 military commission …
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
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – The CIA interrogator who subjected Khalid Shaikh Mohammad to wall-s…
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
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – Former CIA psychologist James Mitchell testified on Monday that he t…
January 27, 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
CIA's 9/11 Interrogation Leader Sheds Defiant Tears Testifying at Guantanamo Bay
By John Ryan | Guantanamo Bay, News & Features
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – Onetime CIA contractor James Mitchell choked up on the witness stand…
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
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – The resumption of pretrial hearings in the Sept. 11 case this past w…
November 2, 2019