Terror suspect censors his courtroom sketch
Alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed was granted — and wielded — the right to censor his own courtroom sketch Thursday.
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Should Khalid Sheikh Mohammed be set free?
“This is the time to demonstrate to the world that the United States need not abandon its principles even as it seeks to ensure the safety of its citizens.” Janet Reno, former Attorney General and member of ACLU Guantanamo Defense “Dream Team”
It’s a difficult question, but it deserves a serious answer. Here’s why. The only [...]
2 Groups to Help Defend Detainees at Guantánamo
By WILLIAM GLABERSON and NEIL A. LEWIS
Published: April 4, 2008
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union and one of the country’s leading lawyers’ groups, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, said Thursday that they had assembled experienced teams of lawyers to defend some of the most notorious detainees at Guantánamo, [...]
Zubaydah Lawyers Challenge His Detention, Say He Might Be ‘Mentally Challenged’
By ARIANE de VOGUE
Six years after he was captured by U.S. forces in Pakistan, Abu Zubaydah, an accused al Qaeda operative and one of three
men the government has admitted exposing to the extreme interrogation technique called waterboarding, is finally being represented by lawyers of his choice.
On Wednesday, the CIA cleared for release a brief filed [...]
In letter to Bush, ABA criticizes plan for trials of 9/11 detainees
The American Bar Association’s letter to President Bush contends that the detainees held in Guantánamo will not receive fair trials.
Posted on Sun, Mar. 02, 2008
BY CAROL ROSENBERG
crosenberg@MiamiHerald.com
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