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Military judge orders mental health exam for suspected USS Cole bomber
February 5, 2013 by Daniel Mullen
Colonel James Pohl, the military judge presiding over the trial of suspected USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, on Monday ordered a mental health examination for the defendant to determine whether he is competent to stand trial. Nashiri is accused of masterminding the suicide bombing of the.... [more]

Military judge refuses to halt USS Cole hearing
February 4, 2013 by Sung Un Kim
A military judge on Monday refused to halt further hearings in the 2000 USS Cole bombing trial. The chief US military judge at Guantanamo Bay Colonel James Pohl held that the defense attorney failed to present any evidence supporting allegations of eavesdropping. Lawyers for Abd al-Rahim al-.... [more]

Accused USS Cole bomber boycotts pretrial hearing
October 23, 2012 by Jerry Votava
Guantanamo Bay detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri on Tuesday boycotted his pretrial hearing at the facility. Al-Nashiri is accused of bombing the USS Cole while it was in port in Yemen in October 2000. Al-Nashiri objected to the use of belly chains while he was brought from his cell to the courtroom.... [more]

Military judge denies motion to allow television broadcast of Guantanamo trial
September 13, 2012 by Jaimie Cremeans
A military judge ruled Monday that he lacks authority to allow media to broadcast the trial of accused USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim Nashiri. Al-Nashiri's defense lawyers moved in July for the trial to be televised because there is a public interest in viewing the trial and seeing potential issues.... [more]

Lawyers for alleged USS Cole bomber ask for tribunal to be televised
July 20, 2012 by Max Slater
Defense lawyers for the alleged mastermind of the USS Cole bombing Abd al-Rahim Nashiri requested on Thursday that Nashiri's trial at Guantanamo be televised. Richard Kammen, an attorney for Nashiri, declared that televising the trial would increase transparency of the tribunals at Guantanamo and.... [more]

Defense lawyers request USS Cole trial be broadcast worldwide
June 9, 2012 by Jamie Davis
Defense lawyers for the alleged architect of the USS Cole bombing, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, on Friday requested that the court allow for worldwide broadcast of the Guantanamo trial, instead of limited broadcast in the Pentagon. Lawyers asked the military court judge, Army Col. James L. Pohl, to.... [more]

Accused bomber sued Poland over secret CIA prison [this day at law]
May 10, 2012 by Katherine Bacher
On May 10, 2011, lawyers for the accused USS Cole bomber, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, have filed suit against Poland in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) over their client's alleged torture at a secret CIA prison located in the country. An investigation by the Polish government into the.... [more]

Accused USS Cole bomber relegated to military court [this day at law]
April 20, 2012 by Cody Harding
On April 20, 2011, the US Department of Defense (DOD) announced that high-value Guantanamo Bay detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri will be subject to capital charges and tried in a military court. Nashiri was charged under the Military Commission Act of 2009 for plotting the bombing of the USS Cole.... [more]

Chief Guantanamo judge protects confidentiality of attorney-client mail
February 20, 2012 by Andrea Bottorff
A chief US military tribunal judge has ruled that the content of attorney-client mail inspected at the Guantanamo Bay prison is confidential and may not be released. Judge James Pohl made the decision earlier this month in the case of suspected USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, but the.... [more]

Guantanamo inmate's request to question Yemen president denied
February 15, 2012 by Max Slater
A military judge on Tuesday denied the request of suspected USS Cole bomber and Guantanamo inmate Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri to question Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh as a witness in his case. The judge, US Army Colonel James Pohl, did not give a rationale for his ruling, saying only that he.... [more]



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