| 单词 | military commission |
| 例句 | Even in the presentation of evidence, the military commissions have vastly different rules of evidence. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z After more than a decade of futility and failure, the question is no longer whether the U.S. could proceed with “reformed again and again and again military commissions,” but whether it should. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z Paradis’s book tells how four Japanese officers held responsible for the killing of the Doolittle airmen were tried as suspected war criminals by a United States military commission in postwar Shanghai. Trying the Japanese for War Crimes 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z American military commissions grant defendants the right of appeal, oversight of their cases by civilian courts and the best legal representation – none of which the victorious allies allowed the defeated Germans. Justice and the Enemy by William Shawcross ? review 2012-02-10T11:00:01Z He wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on December 31, 2001, nearly 60 years after his military commission experience ended and 10 days before the first detainees arrived at Guantanamo Bay. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z Their general principle is entirely valid … but also totally irrelevant in the cases they intend to prosecute before military commissions. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z Five of the Guantanamo prisoners were recently arraigned before a military commission for their role in the attacks. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z Wilson refused military commissions: “they violated her pacifist principles,” the Winterthur caption explains. Antiques: Revising Our Ideas of Colonial Sewing 2010-09-30T21:30:00Z Paradis’s account points blame less at the four Japanese defendants facing the military commission than at the senior Japanese leaders who launched the war, including Tojo and other powerful militarists. Trying the Japanese for War Crimes 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z President Bush first authorized military commissions in an order he issued on Nov. 13, 2001. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z Obama administration officials say their reformed military commissions system is a vast improvement over the Bush administration’s version, which Obama moved to shut down on his first day in office in 2009. Police arrest artist setting up ‘I Love NY’ work 2012-05-21T20:16:00Z In it, he used the phrase “reformed military commissions” more than three dozen times. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z The failure of the military commission system is well documented. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z Gen. Martins said federal courts are the appropriate forum in most instances and that military commission cases may be “numerically few.” Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z Six military commission trials were completed in the decade that followed. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z President George W. Bush signed an Executive Order authorizing the establishment of a prison camp at Guantánamo Bay where they would be tried by military commissions. ‘The Terror Courts’: rough justice at Guantánamo 2013-07-19T23:59:19Z Over the same period, hundreds of terrorism-related cases were tried with success and without incident in federal courts resulting in typical sentences that exceeded those in military commissions by a wide margin. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z The Bush administration’s initial notion that military commissions would be more swift, more secret and more severe than federal courts has proven clearly wrong. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z Tried by a military commission with other accused conspirators, Mudd escaped being hanged by a single vote. The last trail of a Lincoln conspirator 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Two of the six “worst of the worst” war criminals – David Hicks and Salim Hamdan – have served their short military commission sentences and are free men back in their home countries. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z Gen. Mark Martins, chief prosecutor for the Office of Military Commissions, has lately appeared at bar association conferences promoting “reformed military commissions” at Guantanamo. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z Finally, after a series of mishaps caused by impossible application procedures, on Dec. 31, 2014, I was invited to observe a military commission instead of the prison. My heartbreaking journey to Gitmo: A widow, a military prison & the enigma of human compassion 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z President Obama ordered a halt to military commissions as soon as he took office in January 2009, but he backtracked a few months later in the face of conservative fear-mongering. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z The apologists may think they are fooling the rest of the world when they say at long last military commissions do real justice, but they are wrong. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z While a total of 779 people have been held at Guantanamo, only six have been prosecuted in a military commission and two are already free. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z The apologists for Obama’s decision to embrace military commissions call attention to similarities between the commission rules and the rules in federal courts, and they claim those rules are essentially the same. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z How will those cases be divided between federal courts and military commissions? Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z Gen. Martins said, “while federal courts will and should objectively be the appropriate forum in most instances, reformed military commissions will sometimes be the better choice.” Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z Given the stark differences on display this week, it was startling to hear Martins say after the proceedings that military commissions “like federal court and courts martial” provide a fair system of justice. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z These “reformed” military commissions were implemented through a series of documents that set out new rules and procedures to improve the process that the Supreme Court had struck down. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z I was one of the most public advocates of the original military commission structure that the U.S. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z The slogan “fairness, transparency, justice” is featured prominently throughout the military commissions’ new half-million-dollar website. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z But in the military commissions, the defense normally shares its request with the prosecution, potentially revealing its case theory and litigation strategy. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z His rather vague statement raises some issues that should be considered before lumbering along even further down the sullied military commission path. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z If you peel back the rhetoric and examine the ground truth, military commissions likely end up the “better choice” when there is a chance the U.S. government might not be assured of a conviction elsewhere. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z The US does not need to use this fundamentally flawed military commission system. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z The truth is the reason the apologists want a second-rate military commission option is because of what we did to the detainees, not because of what the detainees did to us. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z Before being elected to the presidency, Barack Obama condemned what he said were “flawed” Bush-era military commissions. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z Gen. Mark Martins, the sixth and current chief prosecutor for the military commissions, gave a talk to the New York City Bar Association last month. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z He came to prominence by winning the 2006 Supreme Court case that ruled the Guantánamo military commissions set up by the George W. Bush administration violated the Geneva Conventions. Sushi, cocktails, roasts and one lawyer’s plan to deal with ‘a national emergency’ 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z When I was chief prosecutor for the military commissions at Guantanamo Bay during the Bush administration, I was told not to say publicly that a detainee had “attempted suicide.” Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z Military commission apologists should have the integrity to stand up and tell the public the truth about the small category of cases they believe are best-suited for the second-rate procedures of the tarnished military commissions. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z Brian Mizer, emerge as compelling figures, arguing with startling force against the legitimacy of the Bush administration’s military commissions and questioning the possibility of their client’s receiving a fair trial. | 'The Oath': Laura Poitras?s Documentary on Two Al Qaeda Cases 2010-05-07T00:09:00Z Nashiri’s is the first death penalty case to move forward in the military commissions. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z With US service members killed a federal court clearly would have jurisdiction over the case, so the government must have some other reason for choosing a military commission. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z Indeed, a new masthead on the military commission website, put up after Martins took over, reads: “Fairness, Transparency, Justice.” Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z Apologists for the tarnished military commissions, like Attorney General Eric Holder and the sixth and current chief prosecutor Brigadier General Mark Martins, acknowledge that our regular federal courts are best suited for terrorism trials. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z In the end, it is not so much what the detainees did that make military commissions the better choice, it is what the U.S. did that may not stand up to traditional principles of justice. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z In August, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called out the "corrupt decisions" made by the country's medical military commissions, which he said had resulted in a ten-fold increase in exemptions since February 2022. Swimming rivers and faking illness to escape Ukraine’s draft 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Milley’s fellow hockey teammates from Princeton — where he got his military commission — were easy to spot, wearing the bright orange and black jackets they got at their 25th reunion. Gen. Milley delivers defense of democracy and swipes at Trump in farewell address 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Any future plea negotiations are on hold at least until the military commission gets a new presiding military official next month, lawyers said. A panel finds torture made a 9/11 defendant psychotic. A judge will rule whether he can stand trial 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z "The administration is committed to ensuring that the military commissions process is fair and delivers justice to the victims, survivors, families, and those accused of crimes," he said. Biden rejects conditions of plea deal for Sept. 11 attacks defendants 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Pretrial hearings for the five have been under way at the U.S. military commission at Guantanamo Bay for more than a decade, with no trial date set. Biden refuses to grant some of the conditions that 9/11 defendants were seeking in plea negotiations 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Moreover, via drone strikes, Obama nevertheless executed his apparent “power to order not imprisonment without charge but the killing of men without anyone bringing evidence before any judicial body, not even an unconstitutional military commission.” From Barbie to MAGA, Jill Lepore's essays bring the past into the harrowing present 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z She was allowed to deal with "military and civilian personnel, military commission personnel, and defense lawyers." Will Gitmo always be with us? The Forever War's forever legacy 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z The Associated Press monitored the military commission’s hearings in Cuba on Wednesday via a relay provided by the Pentagon. A panel finds torture made a 9/11 defendant psychotic. A judge will rule whether he can stand trial 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z It called on the Chinese coast guard and China’s central military commission “to act with prudence and be responsible in their actions to prevent miscalculations and accidents that will endanger people’s lives.” Philippines summons Chinese ambassador over water cannon incident in disputed sea, official says 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z It called on the Chinese coast guard and China’s central military commission “to act with prudence and be responsible in their actions to prevent miscalculations and accidents that will endanger peoples’ lives.” Philippine military condemns Chinese coast guard’s use of water cannon on its boat in disputed sea 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z He rejected the authority of the military commission system, which was established by President George W. Bush. Court Rejects New Sentencing for Al Qaeda Recruiter 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Of the others, 16 have been cleared to leave but haven’t found a country willing to take them and 11 still have cases pending before U.S. military commissions. Guantanamo detainees tell first independent visitor about scars from torture and hopes to leave 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Members of the Coast Guard also served as courtroom security guards at military commission hearings and staffed sandbagged seaside bunkers that the military called “battle positions.” Coast Guard Ends Post-9/11 Antiterrorism Patrols at Guantánamo Bay 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z He remains one of only three Gitmo detainees neither charged by the military commissions at that prison, nor cleared for release. Crimes against humanity, American-style: United States continues quest to hide torture 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Carol Rosenberg has been covering the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay, including detention operations and military commissions, since the first prisoners were brought there from Afghanistan in January 2002. Hearings in Sept. 11 Case Could Resume Despite Unresolved Issues 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Gen. Mark S. Martins, long argued that military commission trials could be held in the United States if Congress would allow the transfer of prisoners at Guantánamo to U.S. soil. War Court Proceedings Stream to Guantánamo From a Secret Chamber in Virginia 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z He also offered blistering criticism of the military commissions at Guantánamo Bay to try “enemy combatants.” Edward MacMahon, who helped defend ‘20th hijacker’ after 9/11, dies at 62 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z In “The Courage to Be Free,” DeSantis said he was attracted to the job because he was told “there would be a need for military JAGs to lead prosecutions in military commissions of incarcerated terrorists.” DeSantis’s pivotal service at Guantánamo during a violent year 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z While the presidential role is largely ceremonial, Xi had already been re-elected by the party to chair its central military commission and has started his third five-year term as the Chinese armed forces commander-in-chief. China's Xi secures precedent-breaking third term as president 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z First, federal court prosecutions may well have been the “best alternative” to the failed military commissions in 2009, but not in 2023. Opinion | Biden could close Guantánamo for good 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Rather than prosecuting them in federal court, the Bush administration and Congress created military commissions to try them. Opinion | The Guantánamo Bay prison persists. Here’s how to end the shame. 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z The former chief prosecutor for military commissions, Brig. Pentagon Lifts Trump-Era Ban on Release of Guantánamo Prisoners’ Art 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z A military commission examining the practice in 2005 concluded that it bordered on illegality and illegitimacy. Israel’s Right-Wing Government Pushes Home Demolitions as Violence Surges 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Of them, 11 have been charged in the military commissions, including six who are awaiting capital trials. Tortured Guantánamo Detainee Is Freed in Belize 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Congress barred the transfer of the detainees onto domestic soil, and the Obama administration reluctantly brought the case before a military commission instead. Biden Leery of Involvement in Potential Plea Deal in Sept. 11 Case 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Lawyers for prisoners accused of plotting terrorist attacks, including Sept. 11 and the 2002 Bali bombing, reached the island on Saturday on the first military commissions flight of 2023. Coronavirus Outbreak at Guantánamo Bay Halts Legal Meetings 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Nine are involved in the military commissions process and three convicted in military commissions. Pakistani returns home after 18 years of U.S. detention in Guantanamo prison camp 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z That leader also becomes chairman of the military commission and takes the ceremonial title of president. China’s Xi expands powers, promotes allies 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z Xi's other titles are chairman of the central military commission, which is widely expected to be renewed during the congress, and president, which is up for renewal at the annual parliamentary meeting in March. Factbox: How China's Communist Party Congress works 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Defense lawyers said they were notified on Wednesday, hours before a conference with the trial judge, that the new chief prosecutor for military commissions had replaced the long-serving lead case prosecutor, Mark A. Miller. Prosecutor Who Sought to Use Evidence Derived From Torture Leaves Cole Case 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Investigators with the military commission at Guantanamo Bay said he plotted the 9/11 attacks for three years. 2 decades later, 9/11 self-professed mastermind awaits trial 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Prosecutors in federal civilian court and in the military commissions system at Guantánamo Bay have filed multiple indictments against Qaeda operatives accused of helping plot the Cole bombing. Biden Appeared to Overstate the Role of Al Qaeda’s Leader 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Proceedings before the military commission have been mired in delays and in legal challenges over admissibility of evidence from the torture-aided interrogations of Nashiri and over other circumstances of his trial and detention. Ethics claim latest hitch in case of 2000 Navy ship bombing 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z There are 37 men still held at Guantánamo, including 10 facing active military commission cases. Iraqi held at Guantánamo Bay pleads guilty 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z The law governing the military commissions at Guantánamo Bay forbids the use of evidence obtained from a defendant through torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Prosecutor Who Sought to Use Evidence Derived From Torture Leaves Cole Case 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z There are 37 men still held at Guantanamo, including 10 facing active military commission cases. Iraqi held by US at Guantanamo pleads guilty to war crimes 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z A senior Pentagon legal official known as the convening authority for military commissions, certified his sentence as completed in March. US accused of stalling on deal to free Guantanamo prisoner 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z The episode this week pointed to the frailties of the military commissions system. Guantánamo Detainee Refuses to Testify for Accused U.S.S. Cole Bomber 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z He has already pleaded guilty to terrorism charges in a military commission and was returned in 2018 to his native Saudi Arabia, where he is serving a 13-year prison sentence. War Crimes Hearing Revisits U.S. Soldiers’ Abuse of Detainees 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z Even if it did, he said, the prisoner’s statements to F.B.I. interrogators were admissible at the judge’s discretion under military commissions law. Prosecutor Who Sought to Use Evidence Derived From Torture Leaves Cole Case 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z U.S. authorities attempted to prosecute Barhoumi in 2008 but the effort was dropped amid legal challenges to the initial version of the military commission system set up under President George W. Bush. U.S. sends home Algerian held nearly 20 years at Guantánamo 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z “Resolution of the military commission process through trial or by negotiated settlement contributes to that goal,” he said. Plea negotiations in Sept. 11 case go on hiatus for Ramadan 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z The office of the overseer of military commissions, known as the convening authority, refused to grant Mr. Hela immunity from prosecution in exchange for his testimony. Guantánamo Detainee Refuses to Testify for Accused U.S.S. Cole Bomber 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z None was ever tried, much less convicted, by the military commissions that were set up to deal with the detainees. Judge Jackson grilled on Guantanamo detainee representation 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z None was convicted by the military commissions created to try detainees. AP FACT CHECK: Republicans twist Jackson’s judicial record 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z None of the men, however, was ever convicted by the military commissions created to try detainees. Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Guantanamo clients an issue for GOP 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z Such a transfer would not be unprecedented for a military commission convict. Plea negotiations in Sept. 11 case go on hiatus for Ramadan 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Morris Davis condemning what he called "rigged" military commissions designed to ensure that every defendant is convicted. Docs show CIA used prisoner for torture training 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z The military commissions process has been repeatedly undermined by the extrajudicial means through which the George W. Bush administration apprehended, detained and interrogated its suspects, and continued secrecy around those actions. Plea negotiations underway for Guantánamo Bay prisoners charged in 9/11 case 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z The White House’s letter said that reducing the population could include resolving the pending military commissions cases through pretrial agreements, if appropriate, according to the official. Sept. 11 Prosecutors Are in Plea Talks That Could Avert a Death-Penalty Trial 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z In addition to the defendants in the 9/11 case, there are five other prisoners at Guantanamo facing trial by military commission in cases that are also bogged down in various stages of pretrial litigation. Plea discussions launched in stalled 9/11 case at Guantanamo 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z On Friday, Jeffrey D. Wood, who serves as the convening authority for military commissions, did just that. U.S. Official Ends Sentence of Terrorist Who Was Tortured by C.I.A. 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z But she recently filed a court pleading that disclosed that her “performance and conduct” were under investigation by the Military Commissions Defense Organization, the Pentagon office that provides resources and lawyers to military commissions case. Amid Murky Investigation, Key Defender Asks to Quit 9/11 Case 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z In 20 years of military commissions at Guantánamo, there have been only eight convictions, six via plea agreements. Plea negotiations underway for Guantánamo Bay prisoners charged in 9/11 case 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z However, only half the men held there have been cleared for release, and no decision has been made about what to do with the rest, including those who still face trial by military commission. US sends home suspected 20th 9/11 hijacker from Guantanamo 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Of those, 19 are eligible for transfer, 7 are eligible for a Periodic Review Board, 10 are involved in the military commissions process and two detainees have been convicted in military commissions. Guantanamo detainee called '20th Hijacker' of 9/11 repatriated to Saudi Arabia 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z However, only about half the men held there have been cleared for release, and no decision has been made about what to do with the rest, including those who still face trial by military commission. US sends home suspected ’20th hijacker’ from Guantanamo 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z As the chief defense counsel for military commissions, he can hire lawyers for Guantánamo cases but does not have authority to fire them. Amid Murky Investigation, Key Defender Asks to Quit 9/11 Case 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z In 2001, President Bush issued a controversial executive order creating several military commissions. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Ten prisoners face trial by military commission, including five charged with involvement in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. US sends home suspected 20th 9/11 hijacker from Guantanamo 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z No. With the most recent decisions, there are now 20 prisoners deemed eligible for release or transfer and one due to soon complete a sentence after being convicted by military commission in a plea deal. EXPLAINER: Why half of Guantanamo’s prisoners could get out 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z But higher courts ruled that the charge of providing material support was not constitutional at the military commissions, making him and other low-value prisoners essentially ineligible for trial. Panel Approves Transfer of Saudi Engineer From Guantánamo Bay 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z The U.S. still hopes to try Nashiri before a military commission, as it should, to determine his role and culpability in the Cole bombing, in which 17 American sailors were killed, and other terrorist activities. Column: Twenty years on, we haven't closed the book on America's torture program 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Mr. Mohammed and the four other men — whose case at the military commissions system has been in pretrial hearings for nearly a decade — were also tortured in American custody. Panel Recommends Transfer of Guantánamo Detainee Suspected of 9/11 Role 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z The filing, however, did not entirely foreclose the possibility that a future U.S. government might choose to interpret the law that governs military commissions differently, and try to use evidence obtained through torture. Biden Administration Rejects Use of Testimony Obtained From Torture in Guantánamo Trial 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z There are 10 who are still facing trial by military commission. EXPLAINER: Why half of Guantanamo’s prisoners could get out 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Advocates argue the administration could resolve the fate of the rest through plea agreements with those charged in the military commission cases and releasing the rest. Biden’s low profile on Guantanamo rankles as prison turns 20 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z Evidence obtained by torture is inadmissible in a military commission trial. Column: Twenty years on, we haven't closed the book on America's torture program 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Under Trump, just one detainee was cleared and the only release was a Saudi sent back to his homeland as part of an earlier military commission plea deal. Biden’s low profile on Guantanamo rankles as prison turns 20 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z George C. Kraehe, the acting chief prosecutor for military commissions and a former Justice Department lawyer who was recently mobilized to the Army, and Matthew G. Olsen, the assistant attorney general for national security. Biden Administration Rejects Use of Testimony Obtained From Torture in Guantánamo Trial 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z A Bush legal official concluded al-Qahtani had been tortured at Guantanamo and an effort to try him by military commission was scrapped. EXPLAINER: Why half of Guantanamo’s prisoners could get out 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Foreign military attaches, typically a high-ranking officer in the country’s armed services, serve with diplomatic privileges in a host country while retaining their military commission. Navy bans work with attache group over China coercion 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z The move, initially announced in November by Libya's eastern-backed forces, was intended to stimulate a U.N.-backed agreement struck between the warring sides in the conflict through a joint military commission. France says 300 mercenaries have left eastern Libya 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z Advocates argue the administration could resolve the fate of the rest by transferring the military commission cases to federal court and releasing the rest. Biden’s low profile on Guantanamo rankles as prison turns 20 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z The school trains students who earn a commercial shipping license and a military commission in addition to their academic degree, and feeds an industry that plays a key role in national defense. Review faults federal Merchant Marine Academy for mold, lack of diversity and an outdated curriculum 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z In the military commissions, prosecutors are the gatekeepers of potential trial evidence and can withhold information they deem not relevant to the defense’s needs. F.B.I. Agents Became C.I.A. Operatives in Secret Overseas Prisons 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z But in an unexpected twist, obviously moved by the testimony, seven of the eight jurors wrote a letter to the overseer of military commissions asking him to grant Kahn clemency. The greatest moral stain: Why a U.S. military jury is seeking clemency for a Guantanamo detainee 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Under the military commission system that was set up after Sept. 11, even defendants who plead guilty and make a deal with the government must have a jury sentencing hearing. U.S. Military Jury Condemns Terrorist’s Torture and Urges Clemency 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z Of the remaining prisoners, 10 face trial by military commission in proceedings that have bogged down for years. Biden’s low profile on Guantanamo rankles as prison turns 20 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z But the sentence is largely symbolic, a military commission requirement. For First Time in Public, a Detainee Describes Torture at C.I.A. Black Sites 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Khan is one of only a dozen Guantánamo detainees charged in the military commissions; the majority of the nearly 800 men who landed there were never charged. Sentencing of terror suspect pushes a Guantánamo case toward rare conclusion 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z After the war, he represented Ku Klux Klan members on trial for murder before an Army military commission in Atlanta. Opinion | In honor of a complicated patriot, make Fort Powell a reality 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z But this was the first time the request was made of a sentencing jury at Guantánamo, where accused terrorists are being tried by military commission. U.S. Military Jury Condemns Terrorist’s Torture and Urges Clemency 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z He was also a member of a Taliban shadow military commission that oversaw the capital during the previous government, he said, adding that other shadow commissions dealt with courts, prisons and other aspects of governance. Afghanistan’s war is over, but the Taliban faces a new hurdle: Enforcing the law — and protecting Afghans from ISIS 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z In a surprise, the Navy captain who served as jury foreman announced that he drafted a proposal to the overseer of military commissions to grant Mr. Khan clemency. For First Time in Public, a Detainee Describes Torture at C.I.A. Black Sites 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z “The Battle at Lake Changjin” was commissioned by the propaganda department of the Chinese Communist Party and made with support from the central military commission and local governments in Beijing and Hebei and Liaoning provinces. Americans vanquished, China triumphant: 2021’s hit war epic doesn’t fit Hollywood script 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Another 12 are in military commission proceedings, six of whom are charged in capital cases. 2 More Detainees Are Approved for Transfer Out of Guantánamo 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z The U.N. mission mediating between the rivals said a joint military commission signed the deal after three days of talks. World Digest: Oct. 10, 2021 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z His is one of two capital cases in the military commissions system, alongside the attempt to prosecute five detainees who were arraigned in 2012 on charges of aiding the Sept. 11 attacks. Secret Hearing Focuses on Hidden Microphones at Guantánamo Prison 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z A military commission at Guantánamo is essentially a commuter court, with nearly everybody who takes part in the proceedings, aside from the prisoner, arriving on a charter flight from the Washington, D.C., area. Appeals Panel Overturns Army Judge’s Ruling on Torture 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z He declared himself qualified by military commission regulations, and Air Force bar and ethical obligations, and “not bound by a particular timeline to get to trial.” Judge at Guantánamo Says 9/11 Trial Start Is at Least a Year Away 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z She has come to question whether the military commissions at Guantánamo can deliver justice. The Legacy of America’s Post-9/11 Turn to Torture 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z They remain confined at Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, charged in a military commission system that is, by any objective measure, an abject failure. Opinion | 20 years after the attacks, the accused of 9/11 must finally be tried — in civilian courts 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Potentially an even more vexing challenge than resettlements is the prison’s military commission process. 20 years after 9/11, Biden faces uncertain path to closing Guantánamo Bay 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z Defense lawyers asked the trial judge to reject the filing, saying prosecutors in a military commission trial are forbidden to submit evidence derived from torture. Appeals Panel Overturns Army Judge’s Ruling on Torture 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Trump released a single detainee, a Saudi who went back to his homeland after striking a plea deal in the problem-plagued military commissions. Guantanamo prison lingers, an unresolved legacy of 9/11 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z The CIA psychologist who helped design a torture program to interrogate the accused mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks says the Guantanamo Bay military commission in Cuba is "delaying justice" for victims. CIA psychologist who interrogated 9/11 mastermind says Gitmo 'delaying justice' 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z And, just as last week, the Biden administration sent yet another al-Qaeda case — involving three Guantánamo prisoners accused of the 2002 Bali bombing — into the military commissions quagmire. Opinion | 20 years after the attacks, the accused of 9/11 must finally be tried — in civilian courts 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z In a statement, the office of military commissions declined to speculate about when trials could end, citing the complexity of the cases. 20 years after 9/11, Biden faces uncertain path to closing Guantánamo Bay 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z In Monday’s decision overturning Colonel Acosta’s ruling, the military commission review panel said the “withdrawal of the contested language renders the matter moot.” Appeals Panel Overturns Army Judge’s Ruling on Torture 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Of those who remain, 10 are facing trial by military commission, with all still in the pretrial stage. Guantanamo prison lingers, an unresolved legacy of 9/11 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Court of Military Commission Review had issued a 23-page ruling on a challenge to the military commission judge selection process. Proceedings in 9/11 Case Resume, and Then Are Delayed Again 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Yaqoub, who is thought to be about 30, is the head of the Taliban’s military commission, and is the oldest son of Mullah Omar. Who Are the Taliban’s New Government Leaders? Here’s What We Know 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Khan’s lead defense attorney, Wells Dixon, of the Center for Constitutional Rights, is among the lawyers who have characterized the military commissions as broken beyond repair. 20 years after 9/11, Biden faces uncertain path to closing Guantánamo Bay 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z He was named as overall head of the Taliban military commission last year, overseeing all military operations in Afghanistan and was one of three deputy leaders, along with Baradar and Sirajuddin Haqqani. Factbox: Who are the key figures in the new Taliban government? 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z He was named as overall head of the Taliban military commission last year, overseeing all military operations in Afghanistan. Factbox: Key figures in Afghan Taliban's new government 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z The case is the first new prosecution at the troubled military commissions system since 2014. Three Guantánamo Detainees Charged in 2002 Bali Bombing 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z It’s unclear why it’s taken so long to charge them before the military commission. US aims start to Bali bombing war crimes case at Guantanamo 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z “If you believe the military commissions were established in order to provide justice for terrorist attacks like 9/11, they have been a complete failure,” Dixon said. 20 years after 9/11, Biden faces uncertain path to closing Guantánamo Bay 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z By law, prosecutors in a military commission trial are forbidden to submit evidence derived from torture. Guantánamo Prosecutors Ask to Strike Information Gained From Torture 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z Gen. Mark S. Martins of the Army served as chief prosecutor for military commissions throughout the Obama and Trump administrations. Chief Guantánamo Prosecutor Retiring Before Sept. 11 Trial Begins 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Hayes C. Larsen, presiding in his first military commission case, ruled that the Pentagon-paid translators were “qualified” and “certified” by war court headquarters and so what the defendants heard in their headsets was sound. Three Guantánamo Detainees Charged in 2002 Bali Bombing 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z He also opposed some Bush administration efforts to use military commissions to place terrorism suspects on trial at the U.S. John W. Warner, senator from Virginia and force on military affairs, dies at 94 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z “But if the military commissions operate to provide a veneer of legal process to maintain the status quo, they’ve been a tremendous success.” 20 years after 9/11, Biden faces uncertain path to closing Guantánamo Bay 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z It was made by Jeffrey D. Wood, a National Guard colonel who was appointed by the Trump administration to the civilian role of convening authority for military commissions. Guantánamo Detainee Agrees to Drop Call for C.I.A. Testimony 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z General Martins, a Harvard Law School-educated West Point graduate, had for many years served as the public face of military commissions. Chief Guantánamo Prosecutor Retiring Before Sept. 11 Trial Begins 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z “This is very much about the force protection of our people down there and the ability to move forward with the military commissions,” said the official. U.S. to Begin Offering Vaccines to Detainees at Guantánamo Bay 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z The Trump administration transferred only one detainee, an admitted Qaeda terrorist who was sent to his native Saudi Arabia to complete a military commission prison sentence under a plea agreement negotiated during the Obama administration. They Were Guantánamo’s First Detainees. Here’s Where They Are Now. 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z This would not be the customary process, where they'd be tried in federal court, but instead before a new military commission system. "The Mauritanian" rekindles debate over Gitmo detainees’ torture — with 40 still held there 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z The issue had been simmering but had not come to a head because travel restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic brought most military commission hearings to a standstill for the last year. Guantánamo Detainee Agrees to Drop Call for C.I.A. Testimony 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Then a day after President Biden’s inauguration, a senior Pentagon official who had been put in charge of the military commissions during the Trump administration approved the case for trial. Pentagon Halts Plan to Vaccinate the 40 Prisoners at Guantánamo Bay 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z Those who remain include five men facing a trial by military commission for their alleged roles planning and aiding the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. US pauses plan to give virus vaccine to Guantanamo prisoners 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z Malaysia apparently balked at the idea of endorsing a military commissions conviction. Pentagon Official Approves Guantánamo Trial of 3 Men for Indonesia Bombings 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Slahi's case was one of the first slated for prosecution under the military commission system, which let prosecutors use evidence that would never be allowed in U.S. courts, including coerced confessions and hearsay. "The Mauritanian" rekindles debate over Gitmo detainees’ torture — with 40 still held there 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z On April 16, he and his lawyers reached agreement with the overseer of military commissions for a sentence that would end sometime between early next year and March 1, 2025. Guantánamo Detainee Agrees to Drop Call for C.I.A. Testimony 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z According to the Associated Press, a U.S. military commission sentenced 303 Sioux fighters to execution, following the 1862 Dakota War, also known as the Sioux Uprising. Cancel Abraham Lincoln? San Francisco grapples with the president's legacy 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Judge Watkins, who is the chief military commissions judge and is based at Fort Hood, Texas, is now presiding after twice trying to replace Colonel Cohen. Pandemic Delays Start of 9/11 Trial Past 20th Anniversary of Attacks 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Gen. Mark S. Martins, first approved charges against Mr. Hambali alone in 2017, but a series of officials who held the title of convening authority for military commissions refused to approve them. Pentagon Official Approves Guantánamo Trial of 3 Men for Indonesia Bombings 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z My research has included 13 trips to observe military commission trials at the U.S. "The Mauritanian" rekindles debate over Gitmo detainees’ torture — with 40 still held there 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z Colonel Watkins ruled last year that a military commissions judge had the power to award Mr. Khan time off his sentence for “pretrial punishment.” Guantánamo Detainee Agrees to Drop Call for C.I.A. Testimony 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z His administration approved a single release, a Saudi who pleaded guilty before a military commission. Biden’s win means some Guantanamo prisoners may be released 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z The third strand of talks beyond the military commission and the political process is economic negotiations. Analysis: Libya's rival forces have stopped shooting, but they're not pulling back 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z Under military commission procedures, the prisoners are to be brought before a military judge for arraignment within 30 days. Pentagon Official Approves Guantánamo Trial of 3 Men for Indonesia Bombings 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Accused by the chief prosecutor of being a traitor, Couch was one of several military lawyers who quit the military commissions for ethical reasons. "The Mauritanian" rekindles debate over Gitmo detainees’ torture — with 40 still held there 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z And it was only this week that the military commissions system pulled it off for the first time. Military Judge in U.S. Held Court by Video Link to Guantánamo Bay 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z Last month the United Nations brokered a ceasefire and on Tuesday a joint military commission from both sides met at a new Sirte headquarters to detail ways to implement it. Killing of Libyan dissident underscores stakes in peace talks 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Including the chief judge for military commissions, Col. New 9/11 Trial Judge Steps Down, Citing Conflicts 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z The appointment by the chief of the military commissions judiciary, Col. Military Names New Judge for Guantánamo Bay 9/11 Trial 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z The Sun reported the military commission that heard the testimony was housed in the Eutaw House, then a prominent Eutaw Street hostelry near today’s Hippodrome Theatre. Ballots in Maryland were subject to fraud during Civil War 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z A 2005 military commission questioned the deterrent value of punitive demolitions, and the practice stopped for almost a decade. Rare Israeli ruling against practice of demolishing homes of Palestinians accused of violence 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z In 1975, Gen. Scowcroft resigned his military commission to succeed Kissinger as national security adviser; Nixon had resigned the previous year because of the Watergate scandal, and Ford was now president. Brent Scowcroft, national security adviser to two presidents, dies at 95 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Lawyers have described the Guantánamo military commissions as the only U.S. venue available to former C.I.A. prisoners, provided they are charged with war crimes, to seek a remedy for their torture in the black sites. Torture Can Be Considered in Sentencing Guantánamo Prisoners, Judge Rules 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z At the military commissions, new judges are questioned by both defense and prosecution lawyers, who then get an opportunity to challenge a judge based on potential or actual conflicts of interest. Military Names New Judge for Guantánamo Bay 9/11 Trial 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z On Friday, the chief judge of military commissions, Col. 9/11 Prisoners May Get Video Chats to Bridge the Coronavirus Divide 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z Oman has a military cooperation agreement with the US, and jointly operates a military commission with Iran. The US and Iran are still perilously close to conflict | Ali Vaez 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z The chief defense counsel for military commissions, Brig. A Veteran Defender Is Selected for Guantánamo’s 9/11 Trial 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Dixon called the opinion “a recognition of the universal prohibition on torture that exists throughout all bodies of law, including the military commissions at Guantánamo.” Torture Can Be Considered in Sentencing Guantánamo Prisoners, Judge Rules 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z The military commissions system at the base has proved to be dysfunctional and incapable of getting contested cases swiftly to trial. Citing Death Penalty, U.K. Court Blocks Giving Evidence on ISIS ‘Beatles’ to U.S. 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Bowing to pressure from congressional Republicans, he said the suspects would instead be tried before military commissions at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, that Obama had hoped to abandon. The Saudi Connection: Inside the 9/11 Case That Divided the F.B.I. 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z One alleged al-Qaeda terrorist, Abu Zubaydah, was “waterboarded” so severely that he began having involuntary body spasms and began to cry, James Mitchell told a military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Opinion | We need to start paying attention to the fate of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z By law, each defendant charged in a death penalty case at the Guantánamo military commissions is entitled to a qualified capital defense lawyer, known as a learned counsel. A Veteran Defender Is Selected for Guantánamo’s 9/11 Trial 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z Defence lawyers at the Guantánamo military commission hearings have asked to examine 52 witnesses. 'Some folks were tearful': CIA waterboarding on trial in Guantánamo 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z Jessen and Mitchell will be questioned by the Guantánamo military commission about their role in the program, which they both designed and implemented while contracting with the CIA. "Moment of reckoning" as two architects of CIA torture program testify at Guantánamo Bay 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z The secretary-general said follow-up work will continue quickly with the meeting of a military commission with five members from each side on a cease-fire. UN welcomes commitments toward Libya peace, urges cease-fire 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z And so dozens of men still live in limbo; unresolved, too, is the final accountability of Mr. Mohammed, who deserves judgment and punishment but whose case instead languishes in military commission purgatory. Opinion | We need to start paying attention to the fate of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where five men face a trial next year by military commission for their alleged roles planning and aiding the Sept 11 attacks. Architect of CIA interrogation program faces 9/11 defendants 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z By law, prosecutors can use voluntary confessions only at the military commissions at Guantánamo. Psychologist Who Waterboarded for C.I.A. to Testify at Guantánamo 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z As the two psychologists arrived in at the military commission Tuesday, Physicians for Human Rights wrote that the pair had "perverted" their ethical obligation as health providers "to inflict severe pain on captives." "Moment of reckoning" as two architects of CIA torture program testify at Guantánamo Bay 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z He now faces trial before a military commission here. In a first, 9/11 plotter will face CIA psychologists in court 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Defence and prosecution lawyers are due to argue over classification and other procedural issues in closed session at the military commission built on the Guantánamo naval base near the detention camp. Guantánamo: psychologists who designed CIA torture program to testify 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Mr. Shaveddinov appealed the military commission’s decision to draft him in court, arguing that he hadn’t been properly examined by doctors. New Russian Method to Silence Dissent: Military Service in the Arctic 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z From the first Abu Ghraib photos to today’s military commissions at Guantanamo, evidence of torture has, for instance, been purposely withheld or misrepresented. The war on words in Donald Trump’s White House 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z It was later declared a Japanese war crime by an Allied military commission. DNA test links Columbia family to World War II hero 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z The system under which the hearings are held, called a military commission, employs a combination of features from the federal courts, military courts martial and ad hoc rules and procedures devised along the way. In a first, 9/11 plotter will face CIA psychologists in court 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Other costs involve the military commissions, where eight of Guantánamo’s 40 prisoners are charged with terrorism or war crimes, six in death penalty cases that began in 2011 and 2012. The Cost of Running Guantánamo Bay: $13 Million Per Prisoner 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z The war crimes trial by military commissions — a hybrid of federal and military courts — will be held in a special courtroom allowing people sitting behind the court in a spectator’s gallery to watch live. Trial for Men Accused of Plotting 9/11 Attacks Is Set for 2021 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Except for the defense team members who took stands, Lieutenant Piette included, the military commission system “failed to live up to that responsibility,” Judge Tatel wrote. Military Lawyer Denied Promotion While Defending Qaeda Suspect 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z The law that created the military commissions grants that authority to the team of prosecutors, which is led by Brig. The Strange Case of the C.I.A. Interpreter and the 9/11 Trial 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Guantanamo nears its third decade, and with trials still years away, it is all the more important that victim’s families, the media and the public are able to follow the trials before the military commissions. Guantanamo terrorism trials could be broadcast online thanks to House measure 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z The military commission’s court calendar has blocked out the week of June 17 for the next pretrial hearing, after the court’s customary monthlong recess for Islam’s holy month of Ramadan. Military Judge in Trial of Sept. 11 Suspects Will Step Aside 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Mohammed has been awaiting a military commission trial for over a decade. John Ring Gitmo firing ignites prison, detainee firestorm 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z With each passing year, more details surface in memoirs, lawsuits, and military commissions, and the historical record comes into sharper focus. How the War on Terror Is Being Written 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z The proceedings were conducted by a military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Court tosses military panel proceedings against suspected USS Cole attack mastermind 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Instead, they are tried by secret military commissions—if they are tried at all. Guantánamo’s Darkest Secret 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z The prosecutors have tried unsuccessfully twice before to move the case ahead, but the office overseeing military commissions never signed off on the charges. Pentagon Prosecutors Seek Trial of 3 Guantánamo Prisoners for Indonesia Bombings 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z He will be sentenced by a military commission this summer and faces a maximum of 19 years under the deal. Former US resident at Guantanamo seeking shorter sentence 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z It is just one of the anomalies of the Guantánamo Bay military commission hearings that surface in a new Guardian documentary, The Trial. CIA gave details of 9/11 suspect's secret torture to film-makers, lawyers say 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z Some, such as 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, have been awaiting a military commission trial at Guantanamo for over a decade. Guantanamo Bay prison detainees not an option for Trump 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z In recent years, the appeals court has ruled on cases involving gun-control laws, the Trump administration’s restrictions on transgender troops and the use of military commissions to prosecute terrorism suspects. Neomi Rao pressed on past writings on date rape at hearing on her judicial nomination 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z But the office overseeing military commissions never cleared that case for trial. Pentagon Prosecutors Seek Trial of 3 Guantánamo Prisoners for Indonesia Bombings 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z For the defence, as well as human rights advocates and most legal scholars, the military commissions have been poisoned from their inception by the all-enveloping issue of torture. 'Why can't we get this over?': 9/11 hearings drag on at Guantánamo 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z Five Guantanamo prisoners were charged in May 2012 before a military commission with planning and aiding the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack. Judge turns down bid to halt Sept 11 hearing at Guantanamo 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Mr. Barr also repeatedly defended Mr. Bush’s decision to create the ill-fated system of military commissions instead of civilian courts to prosecute terrorism suspects. Trump Says He Alone Can Do It. His Attorney General Nominee Usually Agrees. 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z He has not been tried by a military commission, but nor has he been cleared for release by a review board. Forever prisoners: were a father and son wrongly ensnared by America’s war on terror? 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Many elite institutions educate plenty of future veterans — students in officer-training programs who will receive a military commission when they graduate. They served their country. Why aren’t elite colleges serving them better? 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z “At some point, it’s going to have to reckon with the military commissions again,” as well as potential challenges from other detainees who are not part of any military trial, he said. Kavanaugh’s record hints at a potential Supreme Court shift on detainees, wartime powers 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Basically, military commissions, being military, are only supposed to try certain crimes. At His Supreme Court Hearing, Brett Kavanaugh Provides Evasive Answers on 9/11 and War Crimes 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z He has served as the chief judge for military commissions, the authority for assigning other judges to cases. Judge in Sept. 11 terror case announces retirement, names Marine colonal to replace him 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Some in the bureau say the investigation — which was complicated because it related to the defense lawyers involved in military commission trials of al-Qaeda terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba — helped cement Strzok’s reputation. ‘You stepped in it here’: How anti-Trump texts ruined the career of the FBI’s go-to agent 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z The military commission hearing Mr. Nashiri’s case collapsed after his defense lawyers quit amid accusations that the government was monitoring their conversations with their client. Cables Detail C.I.A. Waterboarding at Secret Prison Run by Gina Haspel 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z About a dozen of the remaining detainees are at some stage of a slow-moving military commission process. Kavanaugh’s record hints at a potential Supreme Court shift on detainees, wartime powers 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z And so Kavanaugh and his colleagues were looking at the conviction of someone for a crime that, in light of the military commission’s mandate, was not really a crime. At His Supreme Court Hearing, Brett Kavanaugh Provides Evasive Answers on 9/11 and War Crimes 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z For all those reasons, Harvey Rishikof, a Defense Department official who was the “convening authority”—the supervisor, in effect—of the military commissions, put together a set of options for moving cases forward. A Guantánamo Puzzle and Jeff Sessions’s Non-Phony Trumpism 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Circuit from reviewing any cases from the military commissions except through a post-conviction appeal. Opinion | One huge difference between Kavanaugh and Kennedy 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z He has mostly sided with the government when it comes to military commissions used to prosecute terrorist suspects and against defendants in criminal cases. Brett Kavanaugh followed unorthodox path to Trump’s Supreme Court shortlist 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z And when a reporter asked “Would you try to get the military commissions – the trial court there – to try US citizens?” From abortion to affirmative action, how Trump's supreme court pick could change America 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals, which overturned Hamdan’s conviction by a military commission on a charge of providing material support to terrorists. At His Supreme Court Hearing, Brett Kavanaugh Provides Evasive Answers on 9/11 and War Crimes 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z After all, these are military commissions, which don’t report to the Attorney General, and, as Rosenberg noted, “The Guantánamo war court judiciary is meant to be independent of politics.” A Guantánamo Puzzle and Jeff Sessions’s Non-Phony Trumpism 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Rumsfeld, in which the court struck down the first round of military commissions created by President George W. Bush for several reasons, including because they did not comply with the Geneva Conventions. Opinion | One huge difference between Kavanaugh and Kennedy 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Kavanaugh has been a leading defender of the government’s position when it comes to prosecuting terrorism suspects through military commissions and takes a dim view of international law. Top Supreme Court prospect has argued presidents should not be distracted by investigations and lawsuits 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z As an American, he is also not eligible for charges before the troubled military commissions system. American ISIS Suspect Fights Plan to Release Him in Syria 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z A smattering of other graduates were from foreign countries or were not receiving military commissions. ‘Full speed ahead’: Trump salutes Naval Academy graduates 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Derek A. Poteet, who is helping to defend him from death penalty charges before the military commissions system at the Guantánamo Bay naval station. 9/11 Planner, Tortured by C.I.A., Asks to Tell Senators About Gina Haspel 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z The military commission at Guantanamo has produced far fewer convictions. Sessions says Trump has power to pardon anyone without consulting the Justice Dept. 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z His long-delayed trial before a military commission finally was set to start this year but was suspended again last month after his civilian lawyers quit over fears the government had been spying on them. John McCain was tortured as a POW in Vietnam. Will he help sink CIA nominee implicated in torture program? 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Ammar al Baluchi’s attorney sent a motion to a military commission on Wednesday, saying the military violated his rights by blocking him from giving artwork to his attorneys. Lawyer: Guantanamo Bay detainee has right to make, show art 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z It is not clear whether the settlement talks prompted the Trump administration’s abrupt ouster on Monday of the official, Harvey Rishikof, who was the military commission system’s so-called convening authority. Fired Pentagon Official Was Exploring Plea Deals for 9/11 Suspects at Guantánamo 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z “The federal courts have a proven track record for handling international terrorism prosecutions quickly and effectively, while military commissions are just the opposite.” Trump administration divided over how to handle two ISIS militants 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Five principals in the plot were charged in 2012, but their military commission trials are hopelessly bogged down and may not be completed for years. Opinion | Trump says he wants to refill Guantanamo. Bad idea. 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Obama continued with and defended several practices of George W Bush’s administration, including indefinite detention and military commissions to try detainees instead of civilian courts. Guantánamo: Bush-era officials warn keeping prison open may be $6bn error 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z The alternative is to use the military commissions trial system at Guantánamo. Ordering Guantánamo to Stay Open Is One Thing, but Refilling It Is Another 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z The military commissions at Guantanamo have convicted eight, and four of those were overturned on appeal. Trump's Guantanamo Bay order may be largely symbolic, but it renews debate 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z “Sending them to Guantanamo to be prosecuted in the military commission or detained there would be a serious mistake,” said Rita Siemion, international legal counsel at Human Rights First. Trump administration divided over how to handle two ISIS militants 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z The military commissions that were set up to try Guantanamo inmates, in particular, are seen as flawed. Trump, reversing 2009 move, vows to keep Guantanamo open indefinitely 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z “Whether it’s logistics of movement and transportation or logistics of the legal process, every single point seems to be impeded in the military commissions.” Alka Pradhan v. Gitmo 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z They involve the Islamic State, transfers and the military commissions trial system. Ordering Guantánamo to Stay Open Is One Thing, but Refilling It Is Another 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z By comparison, several past congressional supporters of trial by military commissions declined to comment on the Imam case and the Abu Khattala verdict. Trump administration pursues civilian prosecutions after Benghazi terror verdict 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z The Obama administration refused to bring any new detainees to the wartime prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, where the military commissions system is operating. Libyan Convicted of Terrorism in Benghazi Attacks but Acquitted of Murder 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z But the move also had influential allies, including Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has long been an advocate of detaining terrorism suspects at Guantanamo and of trying them in military commissions. Trump, reversing 2009 move, vows to keep Guantanamo open indefinitely 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z For instance, military commissions are supposed to try war crimes. Alka Pradhan v. Gitmo 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z Explaining the outcome, Mr. Trump voiced a truth that Republicans have been loath to acknowledge: Civilian courts have been ruthlessly effective in bringing terrorists to justice, while the military commission system has floundered. Following Trump’s Lead, Republicans Grow Quiet on Guantánamo 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z While Mr. Trump mused on sending Mr. Saipov to Guantanamo, the detention center’s military commissions system spiraled into chaos. Opinion | No, Guantanamo is not a ‘very fine place’ to hold terrorism suspects 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z “It definitely doesn’t help the public faith of the military commissions.” In a highly unusual move, an American general is sentenced to confinement at Guantanamo Bay 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z Khadr pleaded guilty to murder, among other charges, at a military commission before being returned to Canada in 2012 to serve out his sentence. American woman, Canadian husband and children freed in Pakistan after 5-year hostage ordeal 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Only in the spring of 2016, after four and a half years of pretrial hearings, did the military commissions hear arguments about whether military commissions were even the right venue. Alka Pradhan v. Gitmo 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z The claim comes during two significant developments for the military commissions at Guantánamo this week, including a Supreme Court decision on Tuesday not to hear an appeal in a much-watched case. Military Is Waiting Longer Before Force-Feeding Hunger Strikers, Detainees Say 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh wrote for several other judges to say that Congress may designate military commissions to try domestic offenses typically heard by civilian courts. Supreme Court turns down Guantanamo detainee’s appeal 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z There are compelling arguments against extending the jurisdiction of military commissions to domestic offenses. Opinion | The Long Reach of Guantánamo Bay Military Commissions 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z “In general, federal courts handle terrorism cases a lot smoother than military commissions,” Mr. Jacobson said. Ahmed Abu Khattala, Benghazi suspect, set for federal criminal court trial 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z A recurring debate has emerged over whether such suspects should instead be held and interrogated at the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, then prosecuted before the military commissions system there. At Trial, a Focus on the Facts, Not the Politics, of Benghazi 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z His appeal raised the question of whether a conspiracy charge, which is widely used in civilian court but is not a recognized international war crime, may be properly brought in a military commission. Military Is Waiting Longer Before Force-Feeding Hunger Strikers, Detainees Say 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z She wants the court to do its job and bring the case to conclusion, she said, but thinks the whole process of justice via a military commission falls short. Will accused 9/11 architect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ever come to trial? 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z Despite the success of civilian courts in trying terrorism defendants, there are growing indications that the Trump administration not only intends to keep Guantánamo open, but may even reinvigorate the detention operations and military commissions. Opinion | The Long Reach of Guantánamo Bay Military Commissions 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z A few were eventually charged by the military commission system that Mr. Bush established there, which has achieved several convictions through plea deals but has struggled to hold contested trials. Trump Officials Renew Effort to Expand Use of Prison at Guantánamo 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z In addition to getting the military commission’s approval, the city needs to come up with the funds to move the historic monuments. Jim Gray, Lexington mayor, accelerates push to transplant Confederate statues 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z “He would call out some of the military commission judges, saying that they had no idea what they were doing.” In John Kelly, Trump gets a plain-spoken disciplinarian as his chief of staff 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Can Mohammed get a fair trail by military commission? Will accused 9/11 architect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ever come to trial? 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z He was taken to Guantánamo Bay and in 2010 confessed to war crimes, including murder, before a US military commission. Omar Khadr compensation payout could boost rights of child soldiers 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z A week later, Pohl ruled the new policy would cause him and his staff to be improperly “commingled” with other participants in the trial by military commission. Travel feud cancels 9/11, Cole case hearings at Guantanamo 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, Mr. Sessions also expressed frustrations at the pace of military commissions. Jeff Sessions to Visit Prison at Guantánamo Bay 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z The Canadian teenager was taken to Guantánamo and ultimately charged with war crimes by a military commission. Ex-Guantánamo prisoner's payout faces challenge from US victims in firefight 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z “Greetings, Chairman!” the troops bellowed back over and over, saluting Xi in his role as chairman of the country’s military commission — their supreme military commander. Believe in the motherland, China’s leader tells Hong Kong people — and respect its might 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Ignoring due process, President Franklin Roosevelt ordered that the men be tried in secret before a military commission — a tactic, then backed by the U.S. Six Nazi spies were executed in D.C. White supremacists gave them a memorial — on federal land. 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z According to rules of the US military commission, a military court will later decide whether a trial will be held. Bali bombing: Guantánamo inmate Hambali charged over 2002 attack 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Wednesday’s pre-trial hearing is one of a series of procedural interactions staged by the military commissions at the base in Guantánamo, where 41 detainees are still being held. Guantánamo prisoner to testify about CIA torture ahead of 9/11 trial 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Many successful terrorism prosecutions in recent years, moreover, have followed extraditions that would not have occurred if Guantánamo and its military commissions had remained an option. Taking Down Terrorists in Court 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z But those 14 months were tumultuous ones for the Bush administration amid controversies over detainee abuses, military commissions, warrantless surveillance and its broad claims of executive power. Neil Gorsuch Helped Defend Disputed Bush-Era Terror Policies 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z And while the attorney general reiterated his support for the idea of military prosecutions of Qaeda members, he also said it was time to think through “to what extent we’re going to use military commissions.” Sessions Says Guantánamo Is a ‘Very Fine Place’ for New Suspects 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z For a nation that insisted, after the Second World War, over the objections of its allies, on the world-historic legal proceedings that became known as the Nuremberg trials, the Guantánamo military commissions are a disgrace. President Trump’s Guantánamo Delusion 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z The question sounds academic, but is of enormous judicial significance as it goes to the heart of the issue of the legality under US and international law of the military commissions. Guantánamo prisoner to testify about CIA torture ahead of 9/11 trial 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z But it is clear that the military commissions at Guantánamo have failed miserably. Taking Down Terrorists in Court 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Complicating matters, in the military commissions system at Guantánamo Bay, defense lawyers for a detainee who was tortured in C.I.A. custody are seeking courtroom testimony by Dr. Mitchell and Dr. Jessen. State Secrets Privilege Invoked to Block Testimony in C.I.A. Torture Case 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z And defendants in the military commissions system get government-provided defense lawyers, too. Sessions Says Guantánamo Is a ‘Very Fine Place’ for New Suspects 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z The military commissions created to try Guantánamo cases were hopelessly designed. President Trump’s Guantánamo Delusion 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Of those, 10 are facing charges or were convicted in the military commissions system; 26 are being held in open-ended wartime detention, and five are on the list of those recommended for transfer. Fact-Check: Trump Is Wrong About Guantánamo Detainees 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Sessions has repeatedly expressed his desire to see accused terrorists dealt with by military commissions rather than “try them in a normal criminal court.” Taking Down Terrorists in Court 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Still others lost hope as, in the Obama years, newly constituted military commissions that were meant to try the prisoners at Guantánamo became a collective fool’s errand. Guantánamo’s last 100 days 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z He said that he could use them in a military commission. How Civilian Prosecution Gave the U.S. a Key Informant 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Trump seemed to think, in a later interview, that he could send Americans accused of terrorism to Guantánamo to be tried by military commissions. President Trump’s Guantánamo Delusion 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z The order also calls for revamping military commissions for trying terrorism suspects to deliver verdicts more quickly. If Trump revives the use of torture and black sites, he will reopen a debate over what the U.S. stands for 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Of the 41 prisoners left at Guantanamo, 10 face charges in military commission proceedings, including people accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks. U.S. transfers four Guantanamo inmates in waning hours of Obama tenure 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z The chief military commissions prosecutor, Army Brig Gen Mark Martins, is expected to stay through the new administration, but it is also unclear if Martins will seek war crimes charges against additional detainees. Obama to leave office with more than 40 detainees still in Guantánamo Bay 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Hillary Clinton, among others, began to wobble, though she had previously declared that Guantánamo recruited more terrorists than it kept off the battlefield and had suggested holding trials, perhaps including military commissions, in mainland America. Guantánamo remains a stain on America’s reputation 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z The 55 remaining prisoners include 10 who are in some stage of the military commissions, a hybrid of civilian and military court set up to prosecute men at Guantanamo for war crimes. Inmates' uncertainty on Guantanamo prison's 15th anniversary 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Among the detainees who would remain, three were convicted in the military commission system and seven have charges pending before that commission. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z The remaining detainees include about 10 who have been charged in military commissions, including five accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Trump says no more detainees should be released from Guantanamo Bay prison 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Mr. Bush whittled the detainee population from more than 700 to 242 before leaving office and established systems for reviewing the prisoners’ cases and trying those accused of war crimes before military commissions. Shut down Guantanamo, Mr. Trump 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z Navy base in Cuba, 29 are “forever prisoners” — board-approved indefinite detainees — and 10 are in war crimes proceedings at military commissions, six of them death penalty tribunals. Special Guantanamo review board makes its 21st release recommendation 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z The New York Times reports several people issued statements on behalf of Manning in the petition, including Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg, journalist Glenn Greenwald, and former military commissions chief prosecutor Morris Davis. Chelsea Manning Petitions President Obama for Shortened Sentence 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z Early this month, the State and Defense Department envoys for closing Guantánamo, Lee Wolosky and Paul Lewis, and the chief prosecutor of the military commissions system, Brig. Guantánamo Deal Could Lead to Prosecution in Indonesia Terrorist Attacks 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z In 2009, a Department of Defense official overseeing military commissions refused to prosecute Mr. Qahtani, telling The Washington Post that his mistreatment had amounted to torture. Where Even Nightmares Are Classified: Psychiatric Care at Guantánamo 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z The move would be illegal if Trump meant to try Americans in military commissions, and almost sure to be found unconstitutional if Trump meant holding Americans in indefinite detention. What will President Donald Trump do? Predicting his policy agenda 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z In upholding the conspiracy conviction, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh said Congress is not limited by international law in allowing military commissions to try domestic offenses typically heard by civilian courts. Appeals court upholds conspiracy conviction of Guantanamo Bay detainee 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z In 2008, after boycotting his trial, Mr. Bahlul was convicted by a military commission on several charges, including conspiracy, and sentenced to life in prison. Guantánamo Detainee’s Conspiracy Conviction Upheld, but Legal Issue Lingers 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z The idea is that Mr. Zubair would plead guilty to terrorism offenses before an American military commission and agree to testify against Mr. Lillie and Mr. Hambali. Guantánamo Deal Could Lead to Prosecution in Indonesia Terrorist Attacks 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z Ten have been charged with or convicted of crimes by the military commissions system. Where Even Nightmares Are Classified: Psychiatric Care at Guantánamo 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z Morris Davis, chief prosecutor from 2005 to 2007 for the military commissions set up to try suspected terrorists held at the U.S. detention center in Cuba. Is It Legal to Shoot Julian Assange? Former Guantanamo Prosecutor Alarms Twitter by Asking 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z But Wilkins and Millett ruled only on the specific facts of Bahlul’s case, without taking up the broader question on the role of military commissions. Appeals court upholds conspiracy conviction of Guantanamo Bay detainee 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z "The Guantanamo Bay military commissions have been characterized by delay, government misconduct and incompetence, and more delay." Wheels of justice barely turn at Guantanamo prison 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z About 25 percent satisfy their obligation with a five-year active duty military commission. Sex abuse, bullying probe roils US Merchant Marine Academy 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z But unlike other CIA prisoners whose interrogations were “enhanced,” Zubaydah has never been charged with a crime, either in a federal court or a military commission. A Man Wrongly Tortured for 9/11 Remains in Guantanamo 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z “The Department of Defense is committed to fairness and transparency in the military commissions proceedings,” she said. The Guantanamo quagmire: Still no trial in sight for 9/11 suspects 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Throughout Kavanaugh’s opinion, he invoked not just legal precedent but also American history, including the military commissions for those charged with conspiring to kill then-President Abraham Lincoln. Appeals court upholds conspiracy conviction of Guantanamo Bay detainee 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Just six Guantanamo cases have resulted in convictions so far, with two guilty verdicts being appealed, according to the military commissions' website. Wheels of justice barely turn at Guantanamo prison 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously ruled that a 2006 law that created military commissions bars Mohammed Jawad from suing for damages in U.S. courts. U.S. court rejects former Guantanamo inmate's torture claim 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z A number of detainees, including the alleged organizers of the 9/11 attacks, are facing war-crimes charges in military commissions. Obama administration approves its largest single release of Guantanamo detainees ever 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z “Drone strikes will remain part of our strategy, but we will also seek to capture high-value targets to gain needed information to dismantle their organizations. Foreign combatants will be tried in military commissions,” he said. Trump proposes ideological test for Muslim immigrants and visitors to the U.S. 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Late in the Bush administration, he was charged in the military commissions system with providing material support for terrorism, although the charge was later withdrawn for technical reasons. 15 Guantánamo Detainees Are Sent to Emirates in Largest Obama-Era Transfer 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z "The Department of Defense is committed to fairness and transparency in the military commissions proceedings," Pentagon spokeswoman Lieutenant Colonel Valerie Henderson said in an email. Wheels of justice barely turn at Guantanamo prison 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Foreign combatants will be tried in military commissions. Read Donald Trump's Ohio Speech on Immigration and Terrorism 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Donald J. Trump said this week that he was “fine” with prosecuting American citizens accused of terrorism offenses before a military commission at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, rather than a civilian court on domestic soil. Donald Trump ‘Fine’ With Prosecuting U.S. Citizens at Guantánamo 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z “Would you try to get the military commissions — the trial court there — to try U.S. citizens?” a reporter from the Miami Herald asked Trump Thursday. Trump “fine” with sending U.S. citizens accused of terrorism to Guantanamo 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Asked specifically about U.S. citizens, Trump said he didn't like that President Barack Obama and others wanted to try them in traditional courts rather than military commissions at Guantanamo Bay. With rare humility, Trump concedes he could come up short 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Under the Bush Administration, accused terrorists could be prosecuted in military commissions, a parallel justice system with fewer defendant protections than civilian courts. Why Obama Has Failed to Close Guantánamo 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Another 10 are in some phrase of a military commission prosecution, while 30 “are currently designated for continued detention.” Brazil Says No Sign Former Guantanamo Prisoner Is In Country 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z “Would you try to get the military commissions, the trial court there, to try U.S. citizens?” the reporter asked. Donald Trump ‘Fine’ With Prosecuting U.S. Citizens at Guantánamo 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Finally, another 10 detainees are standing trial in military commissions. Exclusive: Justice Department opposes new Obama proposal on Guantanamo 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z Under the rules of the military commissions, it is not yet available publicly. Guantánamo Bay lawyers deny colluding with judge in key 9/11 case 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Separately on Thursday, a pretrial hearing was convened in a high-security courtroom at Guantánamo in the yearslong effort to use a military commission to prosecute five detainees accused of aiding the Sept. 11 attacks. One Guantánamo Detainee Pleads for Release, but Another Does Not Appear 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Binalshibh and four other Guantanamo prisoners face trial by military commission for planning and providing logistical support to the Sept. 11 hijacking plot. Prisoner tells of 'mental torture' in secret Guantanamo camp 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z But because of their age or health, they may not be around for a trial by military commission that could be years away. Testimony from families of 9/11 victims sought at Guantanamo 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z In the interim, Obama and Congress passed an overhaul of the military commissions in an effort to bolster their credibility against the charge of ad-hoc justice. Judge 'manipulated' 9/11 attacks case, allowed destruction of evidence – report 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z The other is the son of Mullah Omar, Mullah Yaqoub, who controls the Taliban military commissions for 15 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces. Afghan Taliban appoint new leader after Mansour's death 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z The other is the son of Mullah Omar, Mullah Yaqoub, who controls the Taliban military commissions for 15 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces. Afghan Taliban appoint new leader after Mansour’s death 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Binalshibh, Mohammad and three other Guantanamo prisoners face trial by military commission for planning and providing logistical support to the Sept. 11 hijacking plot. Prisoner tells of 'mental torture' in secret Guantanamo camp 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z They are being tried by military commission, a hybrid of the military and civilian court system, and could get the death penalty if convicted. Testimony from families of 9/11 victims sought at Guantanamo 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z The current military commission is the second Mohammed and his co-defendants face. Judge 'manipulated' 9/11 attacks case, allowed destruction of evidence – report 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z Late last year, several lawyers who represent detainees sent a letter to the Justice Department expressing interest in exploring plea deals by remote teleconference — but only in civilian court, not military commissions. Measure Would Let Guantánamo Detainees Enter Pleas in Civilian Court 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z “Now, and indeed over other matters previously, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s military commission is fatally flawed,” said David Nevin, Mohammed’s lead attorney. 9/11 judge and prosecutors should step down over 'destroyed evidence', defense demands 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z They would rather see terror suspects sent to a U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to face military commissions there. U.S. Won’t Seek Death Penalty for Accused Benghazi Attacker 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z This third-generation Kim already holds the titles of supreme leader, first secretary of the party, chairman of the military commission and supreme commander of the army – but he wants even more. The Observer profile / Kim Jong-un: The tyrant’s son who wants to be loved and feared 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z They will appoint the political bureau, the secretary, and the central military commission. What to expect from North Korea's Party Congress: Millennials, maybe some 'dead' men, but no HBO 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z In February, when President Obama sent Congress his plan for closing the prison, he mentioned concerns about the expense and effectiveness of the military commission system and foreshadowed his move to make changes. Obama Administration Seeks Flexibility for Guantánamo Trials 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Cmdr Gary Ross, the Pentagon’s spokesman for detentions and military commissions, said “it would be inappropriate to comment on a document not yet released to the public”. 9/11 judge and prosecutors should step down over 'destroyed evidence', defense demands 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Nine face actual charges before the military commissions. We’re never closing Guantánamo: America is still living in George W. Bush’s shadow 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z The fact was that Mr. Qosi was released because of the military commissions system. Political Talk on Guantánamo Veers From Facts 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z Only ten have had charges filed against them and are at some stage in the process of being tried by a military commission. What Obama Can Do About Guantánamo 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z When he took office in 2009, Mr. Obama ordered the prison closed within a year and weighed abandoning the Bush administration’s military commissions. Obama Administration Seeks Flexibility for Guantánamo Trials 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Nevin and Poteet said that they were ultimately seeking the end of Mohammed’s military commission, even if Pohl recuses himself in favor of a different available military judge and a new prosecution is appointed. 9/11 judge and prosecutors should step down over 'destroyed evidence', defense demands 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z He promptly promised to close the prison for good and suspended the military commissions. We’re never closing Guantánamo: America is still living in George W. Bush’s shadow 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z He also accepted the principle that some detainees would be tried by military commission, not in civilian court, in part because the looser military rules of evidence would allow trials for more of those held. Political Talk on Guantánamo Veers From Facts 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z He was surprised only by the president's informal remarks Tuesday in acknowledging that the military commission system had failed. Obama Is a Prisoner of Guantanamo 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z The military commissions have tangled into a procedural snarl, and have even yielded suspicions that the government inserted spies on the defense teams, all of which jeopardizes the commissions’ viability. 'No one but himself to blame': How Obama's Guantánamo plans fell through 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Others questioned the constitutionality of the prison and the military commissions set up to try the prisoners. Obama Offers Plan to Close Guantanamo Prison 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z The military commission trials, including of several of the prime authors of the 9/11 attacks, would continue. Congress should build on President Obama’s plan to close Guantanamo 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z If brought to the United States, some of those detainees would continue through military commissions; others might face trial in civilian courts. Obama asks lawmakers to lift obstacles to closing prison at Guantanamo Bay 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z It's also why he was "utterly speechless" when he read the latest plan and saw a provision to theoretically bring that same military commission system to the U.S. to handle the detainees. Obama Is a Prisoner of Guantanamo 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z When trial was an option, it would occur in the military commissions. 'No one but himself to blame': How Obama's Guantánamo plans fell through 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Four years later, the Supreme Court rejected president George W. Bush’s plan to try detainees before military commissions. Guantanamo Bay: Who are the detainees left at prison facility? 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Obama has nevertheless managed to reduce the population from 238 to 91, of whom 10 are on trial in military commissions and 35 have been cleared for release to other countries. Congress should build on President Obama’s plan to close Guantanamo 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Obama said military commissions would continue to be used to try some of the prisoners, but he said that process also required reform. Obama makes last attempt to persuade Congress to close Guantanamo 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z The other 10 have been charged or convicted in the military commissions system. Pentagon to Send Congress Plan for Closing Guantánamo 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z They also wanted him to forswear trying those charged in military commissions that the supreme court had junked in a 2008 ruling. 'No one but himself to blame': How Obama's Guantánamo plans fell through 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Four years later, the Supreme Court rejected president George W. Bush’s plan to try detainees before military commissions. Guantanamo Bay: Who are the detainees left at prison facility? 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Her case illustrates how the Obama administration is prosecuting some terrorist suspects in federal courts or military commissions or leaving them in the custody of other nations. Where will captured militants be held as terror fight grows? 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z After that, they’re either prosecuted in U.S. courts and military commissions or handed over to other nations. What to do if US begins capturing more suspected terrorists? 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z Martins, through a spokesman for the military commissions, declined to comment. Military prosecutor: Senate report on CIA interrogation program is accurate 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z The indefinite detentions without charge, the military commissions, everything, save torture, that made Guantanamo internationally infamous would live on, except this time closer to home. 'No one but himself to blame': How Obama's Guantánamo plans fell through 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z But military commissions have proven to be grindingly slow so the government is looking at “alternative dispositions” that would include transferring them overseas for prosecution in another country, according to an administration official. Quieter, smaller Guantanamo as debate rages on prison’s fate 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z He was accused of being an explosives specialist for Al Qaeda and was charged in 2008 with conspiracy and material support for terrorism before a military commission. Guantánamo Detainee Refuses Offer of Release After 14 Years in Prison 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z A suspected explosives expert for al-Qaida, the US once wanted to charge him in the military commissions with material support for terrorism, which, after a court dispute, is no longer a valid charge. Two Guantánamo detainees transferred as third refuses resettlement offer 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Gen. Mark Martins made the declaration in a lengthy motion filed Friday in the military commission case against five suspects accused of carrying out the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, including self-declared mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed. Military prosecutor: Senate report on CIA interrogation program is accurate 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z The military commissions were less efficient than civilian courts in dispensing justice. 'No one but himself to blame': How Obama's Guantánamo plans fell through 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z He is facing trial by military commission with four co-defendants at the base. Alleged recruiter for al-Qaida sent back to Kuwait after nearly 14 years at Guantanamo 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z President George W. Bush directed they be tried by military commission and they were arraigned about 18 months later. Why the 9/11 attack case grinds on so slowly at Guantanamo 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Until now, the military has generally permitted small numbers of reporters to visit the prison throughout the year if no military commission hearing is going on. 17 Guantánamo Prisoner Transfers Said to Be Pending 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z If that were the case, then the military commissions in Hamdan v. Obama’s Illegal Guantanamo Power Play 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Paradis said he believes the government’s argument essentially amounts to his client being a bad person and therefore worthy of trial by military commission. Bin Laden Aide Says He Was Entitled to Jury Trial 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z But he added that the group wanted to see an end to military commissions and their replacement by criminal procedures through the normal course of the law. US activists to launch Guantánamo protest along camp's perimeter 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z The administration backtracked and sent the case back to a military commission with some added legal protections for the accused, and they were arraigned for a second time 3½ years ago. Why the 9/11 attack case grinds on so slowly at Guantanamo 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z This is why lawmakers could ban torture and establish a military commission system. Obama cannot go it alone on Guantanamo 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z There is little doubt President Bush believed that national security required the use of military commissions, configured as he saw fit, at Guantanamo. Obama’s Illegal Guantanamo Power Play 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Ten detainees, for example, face serious criminal charges in military commissions, including Khalid Sheik Mohammed and the other accused 9/11 co-conspirators. The president doesn’t need Congress’s permission to close Guantanamo 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z However, he was primarily criticizing those things like warranted surveillance and military commissions and torture and so forth from a certain vantage point. “A turning point for Obama”: How the president learned to love the national security state 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z The five so-called “high-value” detainees have petitioned the judge presiding over their military commissions, calling for a temporary ban on female guards touching them to be made permanent. Guantánamo Bay prisoners ask judge to ban use of female guards 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Advertisement Advertisement The Justice Department did not follow Mrs. Clinton’s advice, and months later, Mr. Holder sent the Sept. 11 case back to the military commissions system for a trial at Guantánamo. Guantánamo Is Leaving Obama With Choices, Neither of Them Simple 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z Of the 61 not recommended for transfer, 10 have been charged or convicted before the military commission system, and 51 are being held in indefinite law-of-war detention without trial. Shaker Aamer Is Released From Guantánamo Prison After 13 Years 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z The five defendants represented themselves in several months of pretrial hearings in 2008, during an earlier attempt to prosecute them before a military commission. Guantánamo Detainee’s Request Delays Progress Toward 9/11 Trial 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z “The facilities also will be assessed for their ability to serve as military commission sites.” U.S. Studies Moving Guantánamo Detainees to Colorado Prison 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Army General Mark Martins, a Harvard Law School graduate who was named chief prosecutor of the military commissions in 2011, defended the pace of the trials. Special Report: How a 5-minute phone call put 9/11 trial on hold for more than a year 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Under the plan, some would be held in continued wartime detention while others would be prosecuted, if possible, in a civilian court rather than before a military commission. Guantánamo Is Leaving Obama With Choices, Neither of Them Simple 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z That leaves 51 who have not been charged or convicted in the military commissions system and are not recommended for release. U.S. Will Send Prominent Guantánamo Detainee to Britain 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z Most typically, the clearance problems occur when attorneys who represent Guantánamo detainees in habeas corpus challenges before civilian courts switch to representing Guantánamo detainees before military commissions. Guantánamo security clearance denied to lawyers of cooperating witness 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Retired air force colonel Morris Davis arrived at Guantánamo Bay in September 2005 as the chief military commissions prosecutor believing that the facility really did house the worst of the worst. Only three of 116 Guantánamo detainees were captured by US forces 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z In an interview and in public speeches, he argued that the military commissions are fair, lawful and protect the American public. Special Report: How a 5-minute phone call put 9/11 trial on hold for more than a year 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Advertisement A proponent of military commissions, Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, pushed a defense bill amendment that would bar prosecuting those detainees in civilian court. Guantánamo Is Leaving Obama With Choices, Neither of Them Simple 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z Ten detainees are facing military commission charges, less than a tenth of the current population. Issue of where to move Guantanamo detainees threatens closure plan 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z As a result of such setbacks, military commissions at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo “have ground to a halt” and are unlikely to produce any additional verdicts, Solis said. Unusual terror case going to trial in US court in Virginia 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z As a result of such setbacks, military commissions at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo "have ground to a halt" and are unlikely to produce any additional verdicts, Solis said. Trial set in federal court in Virginia in unusual case of alleged Russian Taliban fighter 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z In a May 2009 announcement, Obama said he would reform, rather than abolish, the military commissions. Special Report: How a 5-minute phone call put 9/11 trial on hold for more than a year 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z “The Department of Defense is aware of concerns about possible carcinogens around the DOD military commission site located at Naval Station Guantánamo Bay,” said Kelly Wirfel, spokesperson for Naval Station Guantánamo Bay. Reports of cancer among Guantánamo personnel prompt US navy investigation 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Sixty-four prisoners have been deemed "too dangerous to release," including 10 facing military commissions. Some Guantanamo inmates would go to U.S. under new plan: Obama aide 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z “The military commission rules require the prosecution to turn them over to the defense, but federal and international prosecutors should also get a copy — not to mention the public.” CIA photos of ‘black sites’ could complicate Gitmo trials 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z As Judge Judith Rogers explained, the narrow exception the Constitution recognizes for military commission trials of war crimes “does not extend to the trial of domestic crimes in general, or inchoate conspiracy in particular.” The unraveling Guantánamo military commissions 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z It struck down a 2006 congressional statute permitting a wide variety of criminal charges to be brought before military commissions. Appeals Court Confounds Military Justice By Importing Foreign Law Into The U.S. Constitution 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z “There is so little left to the potential jurisdiction of military commissions,” Fidell said. Court ruling limits use of military commissions for terrorism suspects 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Last year, the chief prosecutor of the military commissions system, Brig. Guantánamo Detainee’s Conviction Is Thrown Out on Appeal 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z "This is just further proof that trying terrorism suspects in military commissions is a terrible idea," said Daphne Eviatar, senior counsel at the advocacy group Human Rights First. Appeals court sets aside conviction of bin Laden assistant 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Its argument was not that al Bahlul’s conspiracy conviction was an international war crime; rather, the government maintained that the Constitution allows military commissions to try certain domestic law crimes, as well. The unraveling Guantánamo military commissions 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Constitution is controlled by international law, and to do so in a manner that significantly impedes the government’s ability to conduct trials before military commissions. Appeals Court Confounds Military Justice By Importing Foreign Law Into The U.S. Constitution 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Eugene Fidell, who teaches military law at Yale Law School, agreed with Vladeck’s assessment and said it was time to end the use of military commissions. Court ruling limits use of military commissions for terrorism suspects 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Writing for the court, Judge Judith Rogers said that trial by military commissions “does not extend to the trial of domestic crimes” such as conspiracy. Appeals court sets aside conviction of bin Laden assistant 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Writing for the court, Judge Judith Rogers said that trial by military commissions "does not extend to the trial of domestic crimes" such as conspiracy. Appeals court sets aside conviction of bin Laden assistant 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z In other words, although military commissions may constitutionally try international war crimes, they may not try wholly domestic offenses. The unraveling Guantánamo military commissions 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Constitution only permits military commissions to consider those criminal charges that are accepted throughout the world as constituting violations of the international law of war. Appeals Court Confounds Military Justice By Importing Foreign Law Into The U.S. Constitution 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z An important federal appeals court Friday reduced the powers of military commissions to try terrorism suspects for certain crimes, reopening the debate over whether such cases should instead be handled by civilian courts. Court ruling limits use of military commissions for terrorism suspects 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z “This is just further proof that trying terrorism suspects in military commissions is a terrible idea,” said Daphne Eviatar, senior counsel at the advocacy group Human Rights First. Appeals court sets aside conviction of bin Laden assistant 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z A military commission convicted him of three crimes and sentenced him to life in prison at the detention center there. U.S. court throws out al Qaeda publicist's conspiracy conviction 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z President George W. Bush created the Guantánamo military commissions back in 2001 with the goal of using such tribunals as a more efficient, more secure, and more secret forum for prosecuting terrorism suspects. The unraveling Guantánamo military commissions 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z The Executive Branch creates and controls military commissions and thus they do not qualify as Article III courts. Appeals Court Confounds Military Justice By Importing Foreign Law Into The U.S. Constitution 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Virtually every transaction of the government from construction contracts to military commissions to prisoner releases is tainted by corruption. Failed State: Five Reasons Iraq Can't Be Fixed 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z The convictions of several former Guantanamo detainees were subsequently overturned when U.S. judges found that the crimes they were charged with were not subject to prosecution by a military commission. Omar Khadr’s ordeal: When a war crime isn't a war crime 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z But on a range of issues — military commissions, treaties, Guantanamo Bay, detention, and transparency on drones — Koh forged progress behind the scenes. The wrong litmus test for activists 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Republicans have instead demanded military commissions, which tend to be an ineffective setting for trying suspected terrorists. Tsarnaev conviction undermines argument from McCain, Graham 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z A military commission in 2008 convicted him of conspiracy to commit war crimes and sentenced him to life in prison. Appeals Court Confounds Military Justice By Importing Foreign Law Into The U.S. Constitution 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z He was, for a while, chairman of the party, prime minister and, as chairman of the party’s military commission, in effect commander-in-chief of the army. The power and the hoary 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Vaughn Ary, a retired Marine Corps major general who was appointed to a three-year term as the convening authority for the military commissions last fall, will resign effective Saturday, the Pentagon said in a statement. Senior official resigns after flap over relocating judges to Guantanamo 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z In 1939, the patriotic Dames — descendants of gentlemen who held public office or a military commission before the American Revolution — opened it to the public as the Abigail Adams Smith House. Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden on the Upper East Side Once Was a Retreat for the Middle Class 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z In January, a US military commission also overturned the conviction of a former Guantanamo inmate from Sudan, Noor Mohammed, who made a plea bargain under a similar charge to Mr Hicks. Hicks 'relief' as conviction quashed 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z “The scorecard for military commissions speaks for itself,” said J. Wells Dixon, a lawyer with the Center for Constitutional Rights, who represented Mr. Hicks. Guantánamo Conviction of Australian Is Overturned 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z “Today’s unanimous ruling is just one more piece of evidence showing that the inefficient, unnecessary military commission system at Guantanamo Bay is ill-equipped to handle terrorism cases,” Human Rights First’s Daphne Eviatar said. Military court throws out Australian's Guantanamo war crimes conviction 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z She was on the first team of independent military commission monitors to visit Guantanamo in 2004. The view from inside Guantanamo 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z He said he expected a US military commission to respond to the appeal within a month. Lawyer: US 'will clear David Hicks' 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z That leaves the Guantanamo military commissions as the only available avenue for prosecution of at least some of these detainees. Closing Gitmo: Obama Must Confront Congress They primarily dealt with setting up a military commission to try detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including which of the nearly 600 detainees would face prosecution and who would be released. Immunity and interrogators: A second look 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z As the New York Times report added, those 69 “are either facing charges before a military commission or deemed unable to be tried but too dangerous to release.” Obama picks up the pace on Guantanamo releases 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z It amplifies White House determination to try terrorism cases in civilian courts, defying Republican demands to use a military commission at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Russian Taliban fighter charged in U.S. civilian court 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z A US military commission recently overturned the conviction of a former Guantanamo inmate from Sudan, Noor Mohammed, who made a plea bargain under a similar charge to Hicks. Lawyer: US 'will clear David Hicks' 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z In an effort to address part of the reason these commissions are moving so slowly, a recent military order now requires the judges overseeing military commissions to relocate to Guantanamo. Closing Gitmo: Obama Must Confront Congress Outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder, who was thwarted in his attempt to try the 9/11 conspirators in a Manhattan court, last year presented the compounded delays of their military commission as vindication. US decides against military tribunals for non-Guantánamo detainees 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z The White House said it would continue to make efforts to repatriate or resettle detainees or prosecute them through federal courts or military commission proceedings. White House denies plan to close Guantánamo Bay with executive action 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Should Kessler agree, the first major legal battle over forced feeding in a federal court would be less transparent than the military commissions at Guantánamo Bay. US bid for secret Guantánamo force-feeding hearings prompts cover-up fears 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, military commissions for those accused of plotting 9/11 and the bombing of the USS Cole continue to drag on. Eric Holder's dark civil liberties legacy 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z The slow pace is not the only problem with the military commissions, as serious questions remain about whether the commissions are consistent with international and domestic law. Closing Gitmo: Obama Must Confront Congress The non-Afghan detainees at Bagram are the only cohort of acknowledged terrorism detainees in US custody outside of Guantánamo Bay, where several military commissions are ongoing. US decides against military tribunals for non-Guantánamo detainees 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Mohammed and four others accused of aiding the Sept. 11 attacks have been undergoing protracted pretrial hearings in the military commission system. Gitmo: costly to run, hard to close 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z Holding an open trial with closed sessions for discussions of classified information would “interrupt the natural flow of the hearing,” she argued, although closed session breaks are routine in the military commissions at Guantánamo Bay. US bid for secret Guantánamo force-feeding hearings prompts cover-up fears 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Mohammed and four others accused of aiding the Sept. 11 attacks have been undergoing protracted pretrial hearings in the military commission system. Decaying Guantánamo Defies Closing Plans 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z And paradoxically, being convicted of war crimes in a military commission is actually the surest ticket out of Guantanamo. Closing Gitmo: Obama Must Confront Congress The Obama administration is considering prosecuting a handful of these detainees in either the federal courts or military commissions. U.S. releases two Yemenis from military prison in Afghanistan There are no established rules on how individuals convicted at military commissions should be executed. Lawyers cite botched executions in military commission hearings 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z It’s now 11 years later, and there have been four—count ’em, four—completed cases before military commissions at Guantanamo. Guantanamo Bay is a Stunningly Expensive Failure Mr. Binalshibh, of Yemen, and the four others are facing trial by military commission at the United States base in Cuba. Guantánamo Defendant Gets Own Trial 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Just eight detainees have been convicted since the military commissions were created in 2002, but two of those convictions were overturned on appeal. Closing Gitmo: Obama Must Confront Congress Mohammed and Nashiri are facing military commission trials for their alleged roles, respectively, in the 9/11 attacks and the attack in 2000 on the USS Cole in the port of Aden, Yemen. European court finds Poland complicit in CIA ‘torture,’ orders detainee compensation This is not to say that the military commissions have been better: just last week, the D.C. Terror Prosecutions and Muslim-Americans 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z Bahlul was convicted of all three charges by a military commission and sentenced to life in prison. Court tosses two convictions against former Bin Laden aide 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z A U.S. appeals court on Monday partially overturned the Guantanamo war crimes conviction of an al Qaeda publicist, saying a military commission lacked authority to convict him on two of three charges. U.S. court partly overturns Guantanamo conviction of al Qaeda publicist 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z These military commissions have prosecuted only a handful of cases, and, as a result, most issues must be litigated; the presiding judges are making new law, so they are proceeding with great caution. Closing Gitmo: Obama Must Confront Congress The center said Monday's ruling merely defers the inevitable by failing to recognize that conspiracy is no more appropriately tried by a military commission than charges of material support for terrorism. Court issues partial win to bin Laden assistant 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Critics of the military commissions at Guantánamo often point to the “success” of terrorism prosecutions in domestic criminal courts. Terror Prosecutions and Muslim-Americans 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z In addition, a military judge overseeing the war-crimes tribunal against a high-level detainee issued an order this week that generated a new dispute over military commission rules. Guantánamo Detainees’ Lawyers Urge Obama to Approve Release to Uruguay 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z A military commission later convicted him of all three crimes and sentenced him to life in prison at the detention center there. U.S. court partly overturns Guantanamo conviction of al Qaeda publicist 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z In the face of public and political objections to bringing terrorism suspects onto the U.S. mainland, Obama ordered that the detainees be tried before military commissions in Guantanamo. Benghazi suspect faces U.S. criminal, not military, court 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z Jack Goldsmith, a former Bush-era Justice Department official, wrote that Khattala isn’t covered by the 2009 military commissions act, which some of the lawmakers demanding he be tried by military commission helped write. Why Gitmo is a no-go for Abu Khattala 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z According to the nonprofit group Human Rights First, there have been almost 500 people convicted on terror-related charges in federal civilian criminal courts since 9/11, compared to eight convictions in the Pentagon’s military commissions. Capture of Benghazi Suspect Against Raises Question: Guantanamo or the Courts? 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z And human rights questions still remain about whether military commissions can deliver a fair trial for the men facing them. Bergdahl swap could spell the end of Guantanamo 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z And just half a dozen –those linked to the 9/11 attacks and a strike the year before against the USS Cole – face charges in military commissions. Is Bowe Bergdahl the GOP’s new Benghazi? 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Just six – those directly involved with the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on U.S. soil and a strike a year earlier against the USS Cole – are facing charges in military commissions. Prisoner swaps like Sgt. Bergdahl's are nothing new 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Plus, the military commissions at Gitmo are not simply an alternate legal system for any Muslim accused of terrorism. Why Gitmo is a no-go for Abu Khattala 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Legal expert Jack Goldsmith. a former Pentagon lawyer now teaching at Harvard Law School, doubts the U.S. could hold Khattala in military detention, or try him before a military commission. Capture of Benghazi Suspect Against Raises Question: Guantanamo or the Courts? 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z There are 33 who could face charges, and seven are currently facing military commissions. Bergdahl swap could spell the end of Guantanamo 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z The rest are prisoners who could be prosecuted if they could be moved to civilian court in the United States or face trial by military commission at Guantanamo. Soldier exchange aside, Guantanamo hurdles persist 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z He is being tried by a military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Defense demands abuse evidence in USS Cole bombing case 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z The judge overseeing the military commission tribunal, Col. F.B.I. Closes Investigation Into Guantánamo Defense Lawyer 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z Trial shows the difference between federal courts and military commissions in terror cases. Ex-State Dept. adviser Stephen J. Kim sentenced in leak case 2014-04-02T15:47:50Z “Many of the problems that we’re now seeing in the military commissions were predicted in the papers that I reviewed, and helped shape my decision.” Holder, in New York City, Calls Terror Trials Safe 2014-04-02T01:18:19Z Attorney General Eric Holder, in a statement after the verdict, said it bolstered the argument that militants should be tried on terrorism charges in civilian courts, rather than as combatants in military commissions. Jury convicts bin Laden son-in-law on terrorism charges 2014-03-27T03:24:07Z Choe is also one of the two vice chairmen of the ruling Workers' Party central military commission, a post that encompasses two of the most powerful institutions, the party and the military. Senior North Korean official reappears, belies reports of another purge 2014-03-07T03:36:27Z Members of Congress are expected to closely watch the trial because of the continuing debate about whether civilian courts or military commissions are the proper venue to try terrorism suspects captured overseas. Trial of Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law begins 2014-03-06T00:40:47Z Supreme Court case that found the military commissions unconstitutional. Bin Laden son-in-law faces trial in U.S. on terror charges 2014-02-27T16:53:15Z “I would be open-minded to using military commissions within the U.S.,” U.S. quietly whittles down foreign detainee population at facility in Afghanistan 2014-02-26T00:51:22Z Bennett is also managing editor of the Lawfare blog where he is observing and blogging about the Guantanamo military commissions. Defense argues Cole bombing mastermind should not face death 2014-02-22T01:58:30Z We are committed to ensuring that those who are accused before military commissions receive all the fundamental protections of a fair trial demanded by our law and values. Guantanamo detainee pleads guilty: Transcript of prosecutor’s statement 2014-02-20T21:21:29Z Al-Darbi's case was heard in a military commission convened at the US facility in Guantanamo Bay, a US naval installation on the island of Cuba. Guantanamo prisoner pleads guilty 2014-02-20T18:35:35Z The trial is the latest event in a debate over whether radical militants should be tried as combatants before military commissions rather than as criminal defendants in civilian courts. Bin Laden son-in-law faces trial in U.S. on terror charges 2014-02-27T16:53:15Z |
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