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Torture debate threatens to damage US relationship with foreign intelligence services
Darryl Thibault [Managing Director, PeXis Security & Investigations]: "The controversy over what to do about interrogation techniques used by the CIA under the Bush Administration is not likely to go away soon. Nor will it be easy to know w (More) |
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Obama orders Guantanamo prison closed within a year
US President Barack Obama issued an executive order Thursday directing that the Guantanamo Bay military prison be closed "as soon as practicable, and no later than 1 year from the date of this order." The order also instructed Secretary (More) |
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Guantanamo judges grant Obama motions to suspend military commission proceedings
A military judge on Wednesday suspended for 120 days the military commission proceedings at Guantanamo Bay against five alleged 9/11 co-conspirators , including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], granting a request [motion, (More) |
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Obama directs prosecutors to seek Guantanamo military commissions delay
US President Barack Obama on his first day in office Tuesday directed military prosecutors to pursue a 120-day continuance in military commission proceedings at Guantanamo Bay against five alleged 9/11 co-conspirators , including Khalid Sheikh Mo (More) |
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Guantanamo military commission hearings for alleged 9/11 conspirators proceed
Pre-trial hearings for five men detained at Guantanamo Bay as 9/11 conspirators proceeded on Monday despite the Pentagon's chief prosecutor's earlier request that they be delayed. Army Colonel Stephen Henley , the presiding judge, question (More) |
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France court begins trial in absentia for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
A Paris court on Monday began a trial in absentia for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], the self-proclaimed architect of the 9/11 attacks , for his alleged involvement in a suicide bombing of a Tunisian synagogue located in (More) |
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Rights group seeks military commissions stay for alleged 9/11 attackers
Human Rights First Monday filed an amicus curiae brief requesting a stay of military commission proceedings against five Guantanamo Bay detainees, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], the self-proclaimed architect (More) |
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Defense Secretary can aid Guantanamo closure by stopping military commission trials
Ken Gude [Associate Director, International Rights and Responsibility Program, Center for American Progress]: "The news Thursday that Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is preparing for the closure of Guantanamo early in the Obama administration (More) |
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UK jury convicts first suspect charged with directing terrorism
A jury at the Manchester Crown Court Thursday convicted a British Muslim suspected of al Qaeda involvement on charges of directing terrorism. Rangzieb Ahmed is the first person in the UK to be convicted of this crime under the Terrorism Act of 2006 (More) |
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Alleged 9/11 conspirators postpone offers to plead guilty at military commission hearing
Three out of five Guantanamo Bay detainees, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], the self-proclaimed architect of the 9/11 attacks , on Monday postponed their offers to plead guilty to the charges against them after (More) |
Treaty of Ghent signed, ending War of 1812
On December 24, 1814, the "Treaty of Ghent" was signed by the United States and Great Britain, ending hostilities in the War of 1812.
Review the articles of the Treaty of Peace and Amity between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America. Learn more about the Treaty of Ghent from American, British and indigenous perspectives.
