A military judge has denied a motion to dismiss by Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan , holding that the military commission assigned to his trial has the appropriate jurisdiction to hear the case....
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The US government is preventing the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) from paying lawyers defending Guantanamo Bay terrorism suspects on trial before US military commissions , ACLU director Anthony Romero said Tuesday. Lawyers for the...
Defense lawyers for 9/11 detainees seek to delay arraignments
Military defense lawyers for the five Guantanamo Bay detainees allegedly behind the Sept. 11 attacks are attempting to delay their clients' arraignments, currently scheduled for June 5. They allege the US government has interfered...
Alleged 9/11 plotters scheduled for June military commission arraignment
US military judge Col. Ralph Kohlmann set June 5 as the tentative date for the military commission's arraignment of the five men charged with plotting the Sept. 11 attacks in an email to...
DOD stalling on security clearances for civilian Guantanamo lawyers: ACLU
The US Department of Defense has still not issued security clearances to civilian lawyers seeking to participate in the defense of alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other detainees held...
Pentagon approves death penalty charges for 5 alleged 9/11 conspirators
Death penalty charges against Guantanamo detainees Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other men allegedly involved in planning the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on the United States have been confirmed by the...
First Guantanamo detainee hearing in new court complex delayed by technical glitch
A technical problem delayed the start of the arraignment hearing for Yemeni Guantanamo detainee Ali Hamza Ahman Sulayman al-Bahlul Wednesday when a courtroom sound feed in the brand new Guantanamo legal compound cut off for reporters in the spectator...
Military judge sets terms for Hamdan questioning of Guantanamo detainees
US military judge Navy Capt. Keith Allred Wednesday set down terms under which Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan can question suspected al Qaeda leaders currently in US custody at Guantanamo as part of...
Military defense lawyer for alleged 9/11 mastermind worried about trial fairness
Navy Captain Prescott Prince , the military-appointed lawyer for confessed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed , has expressed concern over the fairness of his client's upcoming military commission trial....
Military defense lawyer appointed for alleged 9/11 mastermind
The US Department of Defense has assigned Navy Captain Prescott Prince to defend confessed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed before a US military commission, the Miami Herald reported Tuesday....