Report from Guantánamo: Hamdan trial is a false and unnecessary experiment
Aaron Zisser : "The first week of the first trial at Guantánamo Bay did not seem, at first glance, particularly extraordinary. True, there were some obvious differences between civilian courts and the military commission [Human...
Report from Guantánamo: The US Constitution is on trial
Frank Kendall : "From July 14 to July 18, I attended several pre-trial motions hearings in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, for Salim Hamdan , who is now in his second week of trial before a Military...
Hamdan interrogation video shown after FBI agent testifies detainees not told of rights
Guantanamo detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan walked out of the courtroom at his military commission trial on Wednesday, refusing to watch a video depicting one of his interrogation sessions. Hamdan's lawyers had...
Hamdan not entitled to Fifth Amendment protections: military judge
Navy Capt. Keith Allred, the judge presiding over the military commission trial of Salim Ahmed Hamdan , ruled Monday that Hamdan is not entitled to the protection against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment...
A US district court judge on Thursday rejected a bid to stay the trial of Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan , ruling that a civilian court should refrain from review until the...
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....
US Justice Department calls for Hamdan trial to begin on schedule
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday asked a judge at the US District Court for the District of Columbia to deny a motion by Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan [DOD materials; JURIST...
The US District Court for the District of Columbia Wednesday chose Judge Thomas Hogan to preside over the habeas corpus appeals of Guantanamo Bay detainees seeking to challenge their detention...
JURIST Guest Columnist David Kaye of UCLA School of Law says that instead of the Supreme Court's habeas solution to the detentions problem in Boumediene v. Bush, Congress and President might better have engaged in a good faith legislative process...
The Pentagon has said that an additional 108 military lawyers and paralegals will be assigned to work on the cases of prisoners detained at Guantanamo Bay , twice the current number. Air Force Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann...
