By MIKE MELIA
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — An alleged al-Qaida recruiter said Friday he wants nothing to do with his trial at Guantanamo Bay, calling it a “legal farce” and telling his Pentagon-appointed lawyer not to defend him.
Ali al-Bahlul, a Yemeni who was allegedly Osama bin Laden’s personal secretary, left the courtroom midway [...]
A bruised-up detainee rejects the proceedings, and his lawyer discovers that military officials withheld records about his client’s mental health
By Carol Chodroff
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — As a former federal defender, I’ve been to countless court hearings, but Wednesday was the first time I had to take a speedboat, equipped with two M2 50-caliber machine guns, [...]
The Ongoing Collapse of the Gitmo Military Commissions
By Andy Worthington
Anyone who has kept half an eye on the proceedings at the Military Commissions in Guant?namo — the unique system of trials for ?terror suspects? that was conceived in the wake of the 9/11 attacks by Vice President Dick Cheney and his close advisers — will [...]
BY CAROL ROSENBERG
Detainees denounce the war-crimes court as a ‘’sham” and refuse military lawyers. Attorneys consult their bars, worried that their licenses might be revoked for defending clients who fired them. And the Pentagon presses on in its push for speedy trials.This drama played out here as a succession of alleged al Qaeda foot soldiers [...]
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