Guantanamo Bay News

“The accused has been in confinement for six years, and another month's wait will not prejudice any party to the case”

A military judge Friday postponed the first war crimes tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, saying he wants to wait until the Supreme Court makes its highly anticipated ruling on the right of detainees to challenge ... via WSVN-TV Miami Beach

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“In 'Hunger' there is no simplistic notion of 'hero' or 'martyr' or 'victim'”

The director of a powerful film about the final days of Bobby Sands said he had not made a hero of the IRA prisoner whose death in a 1981 hunger strike made him one of the most prominent symbols of opposition ... via XtraMSN Real Estate

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“All you can do is report what's in the picture”

On the set of Standard Operating Procedure Errol Morris isn't interested in amassing evidence of orchestrated human rights abuses at Abu Ghraib prison, as Alex Gibney's "Taxi to the Dark Side" does with prisons ... via Danville Weekly

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“By late November, the detainee was evidencing behavior consistent with extreme psychological trauma (talking to nonexistent people, reporting hearing voices, crouching in a corner of the cell covered with a sheet for hours on end)”

For weeks after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when images of twisted metal and smoldering debris still filled television screens and the wail of bagpipes at firefighters' funerals sounded day after day, there ... via Truthdig

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Yes, she'll fight like a junkyard dog What do Yucca Mountain and Guantanamo Bay have in common? Well, there's the obvious stuff. via Hugh Hewitt

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“As of April 2008, US forces held approximately 500 juveniles”

Around 500 minors are currently detained by the US army in Iraq, as well as nearly a dozen juveniles in Afghanistan, a US civil liberties group revealed on Wednesday. via Raw Story

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“The government is finally admitting what we have been saying all along: that the government's claims against our client were based on unreliable evidence obtained through torture at Guantanamo”

One judge in the Guantanamo Bay military tribunal has threatened to suspend the case against a Canadian terrorism suspect if Pentagon prosecutors continue withholding evidence from the defense. via Los Angeles Times

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“Important to remember that heritage can invite anyone to present and that we don't really have an opinion on anyone”

It's been nearly a month since the New York Times first reported on a Pentagon program in which retired military officers, who've since become lobbyists or consultants for military contractors, were recruited ... via The Carpetbagger Report

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“I feel the Americans are just waiting for one single word or move from the Canadian government to send this boy back home”

Canada's silence about how the United States deals with Canadian citizens on terror-related issues amounts to tacit approval of widely condemned practices such as rendition to torture and illegal detention, ... via CFRB

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The Pentagon has dropped charges against a Saudi at Guantanamo who was alleged to have been the so-called '20th hijacker' in the Sept. 11 attacks, his U.S. military defense lawyer said Monday.

Mohammed al-Qahtani was one of six men charged by the military in February with murder and war crimes for their alleged roles in the 2001 attacks. Authorities say al-Qahtani missed out on taking part in the attacks because he was denied entry to the U.S. by an immigration agent.

But in reviewing the case, the convening authority for military commissions, Susan Crawford, decided to dismiss the charges against al-Qahtani and proceed with the arraignment for the other five, said Army Lt. Col. Bryan Broyles, the Saudi's military lawyer. Read more

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