Oral histories of political movements give us glimpses of the participants who helped shape the world we know today. They often provide raw, personal first-hand accounts of peoples’ struggles. These projects also help to maintain historical truths that are often tainted by government revisionism and lost to cultural amnesia. Tacit confidentiality agreements between historians and [...]
April 29, 2013 | Filed under
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Judge James Pohl has granted the defense counsel in the 9/11 military commission limited access to Camp 7, the top secret prison home of the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and his four co-defendants. The defense counsel teams initially requested a 48-hour access stint, which included the ability to sleepover with [...]
February 23, 2013 | Filed under
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Wednesday’s pre-hearings in, United States v. Mohammed, et al., ended in soap opera-esqe drama. The last motion of the day was postponed until Thursday morning when it was announced that the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and two of his co-defendants, had returned to their cells after yesterday’s session to find [...]
February 14, 2013 | Filed under
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Although unclear at times, the issue for the second day of pre-trial hearings in United States v. Mohammed, et al., concerned the extent to which “The Man Behind the Curtain” could monitor attorney-client and attorney-attorney privileged communications from both inside and outside the courtroom. Three witnesses testified to this issue. Based on what was said— [...]
February 13, 2013 | Filed under
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The Guantanamo Bay military commission hearing, Untied States v. Mohammed, et al., continued on Monday after a hiatus of a week and a half. As was the case in the al-Nashiri hearing held in the interim, just who could listen in on what was again at center stage, with defense counsel protesting that the courtroom [...]
February 11, 2013 | Filed under
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Prosecution says: ‘Al-Nashiri’s Incompetent To Stand Trial; Now Let’s Continue With The Trial.’ In the first of what was supposed to be four days of hearings in Guantanamo in the case against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri—the alleged mastermind behind the U.S.S. Cole bombing—the commissions came to a screeching halt. Judge James Pohl granted the prosecution’s motion [...]
February 11, 2013 | Filed under
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The Guantanamo Bay Military Commission Hearing, United States v. Mohammed, et al., resumed on Tuesday after adjourning on Monday. As expected, all of the accused waived their right to appear at their own hearings, with co-defendant Walid bin Attash’s criticism of the trial’s process still echoing from the day before. Bin Attash had described the [...]
January 30, 2013 | Filed under
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The KSM Guantanamo Bay Military Commission Hearing, United States v. Mohammed, et al., reconvened on Monday for the second session of pre-trial motion hearings. The first session of these hearings, held in October, 2012, devolved into what many referred to as “a circus.” The opening session of this week’s hearings produced several tense moments, including [...]
January 28, 2013 | Filed under
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This report was originally published on Truthout. The Department of Defense (DoD) won’t release under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) six volumes of diaries written by Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, better known as accused terrorist Abu Zubaydah, nor will DoD release six pages of the Guantanamo prisoner’s sketches that depict the torture he was [...]
January 27, 2013 | Filed under
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The detention center that has continually raised eyebrows may shut down and have its 166 suspects transfered to American facilities. What future is in store for them?
December 1, 2012 | Filed under
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