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Guantanamo tribunals stories: 31 news summaries

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OPINION

 Bush AG: 
 Court Terror 
 Trials Too 
 Dangerous 

Challenges to security, secrecy would be 'overwhelming'

Oct 19, 09 4:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration wants to try alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other Guantanamo detainees in federal courts—and that's a major mistake, says Michael Mukasey. Terrorism trials pose "overwhelming" security challenges, and classified information would have to be revealed, warns George Bush's relatively moderate third attorney general... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • Michael Mukasey • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda • attorney general • 9/11 attacks • Guantanamo tribunals

White House Counsel May Quit Over Gitmo Struggles

Craig taking heat as January closing deadline slips away

Sep 25, 09 4:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration's promise to close Guantanamo Bay within a year is in serious danger of being broken, and White House counsel Greg Craig may be leaving his post because of it, senior officials say. Craig ordered the January deadline after being advised not to by outgoing Bush administration officials... More »

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(Newser) - About a quarter of the 229 detainees at Guantanamo Bay will face trial, says Attorney General Eric Holder. Speaking to a Senate panel today, Holder said the US had decided the fate of about half the remaining prisoners, though he did not offer specifics, reports Reuters. President Obama plans to... More »

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(Newser) - The Obama administration may let accused 9/11 terrorists at Guantanamo Bay plead guilty and be executed without facing trial, the New York Times reports. A proposed change in military law, which governs Guantanamo tribunals, would give the alleged attackers what they seek—martyrdom—and avoid trials that could reveal harsh... More »

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Barack Obama • 9/11 attacks • Guantanamo tribunals • Gitmo

OPINION

Easy to Find Middle Ground on Gitmo: Klein

Military courts wouldn't allow torture evidence, get civilian review

May 21, 09 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lawyers and soldiers are divided on how to deal with enemy combatants, but “it shouldn’t be too hard to find a middle ground,” writes Joe Klein in Time, because both arguments “are being made by unappealing extremists.” It’s unrealistic to try detainees in open... More »

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ACLU • enemy combatants • Guantanamo Bay • military commissions • Joe Klein • Lindsay Graham • Guantanamo tribunals • torture photos

Obama to Restart Gitmo Tribunals

But this time, suspects will have more rights, legal protections

May 15, 09 6:21 AM CDT
(AP) - President Obama will restart military tribunals for a small number of Guantanamo detainees—reviving a trial system he once said the Bush administration had abused—but with new legal protections for terror suspects, officials said. The trials will remain frozen for another 4 months as the administration adjusts the legal... More »

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(Newser) - The Obama administration will reinstate the military tribunal system for trying Guantanamo Bay detainees, after moving the proceedings onto American soil and instituting several changes, including barring evidence obtained by techniques like waterboarding, officials tell the Washington Post. Human rights groups had hoped Obama’s 120-day suspension of the... More »

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 Obama Meets With 9/11 Families 

President moves to reassure families over his plans for terror suspects

Feb 7, 09 5:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama met yesterday with people who lost relatives in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and the bombing of the USS Cole in an effort to reassure them about his plans for detained al-Qaeda suspects, McClatchy Newspapers reports. The president hugged some of the 40 attendees at the highly emotional... More »

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Barack Obama • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda • USS Cole • 9/11 attacks • Abd al Rahim al-Nashiri • Obama administration • Guantanamo tribunals • President Obama

Gitmo Judge Refuses Obama's Order to Delay Trials

Delay in USS Cole case 'does not serve the interest of justice,' Army colonel says

Jan 29, 09 1:55 PM CST
(Newser) - The lead judge in the Guantanamo Bay military tribunals has refused President Obama’s order to suspend legal proceedings against one of the terror prison’s detainees, Reuters reports. Army Col. James Pohl said tribunal rules give him sole authority to delay litigation in the case of Abd al Rahim... More »

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War on Terror • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda • USS Cole • Obama administration • Guantanamo tribunals • President Obama

ANALYSIS

Obama's Gitmo Order Isn't
What It Seems

Experts see potential loopholes, gray areas in revised policies

Jan 23, 09 11:36 AM CST
(Newser) - With a stroke of the pen, President Obama rewrote American detention and interrogation policy yesterday. Or not, writes Josh Gerstein for Politico. He offers reasons not to overstate Obama’s policy changes:
  • "Everyone has to follow the Army Field Manual—for now…": Obama is convening a
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torture • Robert Gates • Guantanamo Bay • executive order • Guantanamo prisoners • detainees • Obama administration • Guantanamo tribunals • President Obama

 Prez Orders Halt 
 to Gitmo Trials 

Prosecutors seeking 120-day delay while Obama sorts things out

Jan 21, 09 2:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama ordered military prosecutors to seek a 120-day halt to legal proceedings at Guantanamo Bay—due to resume today—against five accused 9/11 conspirators, and another case against a Canadian defendant. Documents already filed said the request is made "in the interest of justice and at the direction... More »

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Barack Obama • military tribunal • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • Obama administration • Guantanamo tribunals • President Obama

Obama's Delayed Gitmo Plan Upsets Rights Groups

President-elect urged to stop tribunals before child soldier's trial

Jan 13, 09 2:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Human rights groups are worried about Barack Obama's plan to wait over 100 days before closing the Guantanamo Bay detenion center, reports the Miami Herald. Activists fear that Obama plans to keep the system of military tribunals going and are especially concerned about the upcoming trial of prisoner Omar Khadr,... More »

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Barack Obama • human rights • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • Omar Khadr • Guantanamo tribunals • President Obama

 Who's Still at Guantanamo? 

A significant portion of the final 110 have combat, recruiting experience

Dec 30, 08 1:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Before he can close Guantanamo, Barack Obama must decide what to do with the 250 detainees still there. About 80 are scheduled to be tried and will serve their sentences in their home countries, USA Today reports. The Pentagon has approved the release of 60 more, but has not... More »

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OPINION

Gitmo Trial Could Pose a Big Dilemma
for Obama

Death penalty or move case to US courts?

Dec 9, 08 1:49 PM CST
(Newser) - If the trial of alleged 9/11 architect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed carries over into Barack Obama’s presidency, it would mean a “messy” moral decision for the president-elect: Follow through with a Mohammed death sentence, or overturn it and move the Guantanamo case to US courts, writes Bronwen Maddox in... More »

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Barack Obama • Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • death sentence • 9/11 attacks • Guantanamo tribunals

 9/11 Suspects Withdraw Plea Offers in Fight for Death

Confessions could block death penalty for suspects seeking 'martrydom'

Dec 9, 08 4:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Five  9/11 suspects yesterday withdrew offers to plead guilty when a military judge warned them that confessions could foil their plans to get the death penalty. A death order may require a military jury conviction, he said. The men want the death penalty so they can die as martyrs. "... More »

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Bin Laden's Driver Leaves Guantanamo

Convict transferred to Yemen to serve remainder of sentence

Nov 25, 08 5:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Salim Hamdan, the former driver of Osama bin Laden and one of only two suspected terrorists convicted at Guantanamo Bay, is being transferred to his homeland of Yemen. Hamdan was sentenced in August to just 5 months' detention on top of the 5 years he served at the prison camp,... More »

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Bush administration • Guantanamo Bay • terrorist • Yemen • Guantanamo prisoners • Salim Ahmed Hamdan • al-Qaeda • Guantanamo tribunals

Bin Laden Media Guru Convicted of War Crimes

Bahlul doesn't contest charges

Nov 3, 08 11:41 AM CST
(Newser) - The man who produced recruitment videos for Osama bin Laden was convicted of war crimes today after a 4-day military trial the defendant adamantly boycotted, the Miami Herald reports. Ali Hamza al Bahlul forbade his lawyer from offering evidence or questioning witnesses because he rejected the military’s authority to... More »

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propaganda • war crimes • Guantanamo Bay • guilty verdict • Guantanamo tribunals • Ali Hamza al Bahlul

Trial Begins for Accused al-Qaeda Moviemaker

Prosecutors say propaganda director created terror recruitment videos

Oct 28, 08 1:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The trial of a man accused of creating videos for al-Qaeda is under way at Guantanamo Bay, the Miami Herald reports. Prosecutors say Ali Hamza al Bahlul, a Yemeni, made recruitment videos for the terror group, including one that glorified the bombing of the USS Cole, prosecutors argue. He faces... More »

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propaganda • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda • Guantanamo tribunals • Ali Hamza al Bahlul

US Ends Trials of 5 Gitmo Prisoners

Though charges are dropped, men are still held, may be retried

Oct 22, 08 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - The war crimes tribunal at Guantanamo Bay has dropped charges against five suspects that the Pentagon has called al-Qaeda operatives, reports the Los Angeles Times. All of the men were fingered by Abu Zubaydah, a Saudi-born militant whom the Bush administration concedes was waterboarded. The charges were dismissed after one... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • enemy combatants • Guantanamo Bay • Abu Zubaydah • al-Qaeda • Guantanamo tribunals • war crimes tribunal

9/11 Suspects Denied Internet Access for Defense Prep

Granted battery power but no 'state-of-art' office technology

Oct 13, 08 10:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - A judge has denied Internet access to five suspects being held at Guantanamo Bay for their involvement in the Sept. 11 attacks, reports the Miami Herald. Three of the five are their own attorneys and requested access to help prepare their defense. The government was ordered to provide enough battery... More »

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