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DOJ trying to block legal access to detainee who could disclose CIA techniques
The US Department of Justice is attempting to block lawyers' access to Majid Khan, one of 14 "high value" prisoners previously held at a CIA secret prison but recently transferred to the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba . (More) |
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Guantanamo commander says detainees no longer forcibly interrogated
US Rear Adm. Harry Harris , chief of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, has said that compulsory interrogations are no longer employed to elicit information from detainees due to their ineffectiveness as compared to "rapport building" (More) |
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Hicks rejected meeting with Australian diplomat for fear of Gitmo punishment: lawyer
Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks has refused to meet with Australian consular officials in order to avoid punishment by US guards, his lawyer has told an Australian Senate panel. The lawyer said that Hicks believes he has been punishe (More) |
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Military Commissions Act argued unconstitutional
Lawyers representing detainees held in the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay Wednesday petitioned [brief, PDF; second brief, PDF] the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to declare a portion of the Military Commissions Act of 20 (More) |
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Former top US Iraq commander blames Abu Ghraib scandal for forced retirement
US Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez retired from the military Wednesday saying he was "forced" to leave [Monitor report] because of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal which occurred during his tenure as the commander of all US forces in Iraq. I (More) |
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Navy postpones hearing for Gitmo military lawyer accused of leaking detainee names
A US Navy spokesman said Monday that an Article 32 hearing scheduled for Tuesday in the case of Lt. Cmdr. Matthew M. Diaz, a staff attorney with the US Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps accused of leaking detainee names while stationed at Guan (More) |
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DOD official says some Guantanamo detainees may be imprisoned for life
More than 300 prisoners now held by the US at Guantanamo Bay could remain there under US military detention for the rest of their lives, DOD Deputy Assistant Secretary for Detainee Affairs Charles "Cully" Stimson told Reuters during a ro (More) |
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DOD considering more courtrooms for Guantanamo military commissions
The US Defense Department said Wednesday that it is considering plans to increase the number of courtrooms at the US prison facility in Guantanamo Bay in order to begin trying suspected terrorists, a proposal that could cost hundreds of millions of (More) |
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Gonzales takes defense of Military Commissions Act to JAG conference
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales [official profile; JURIST news archive] defended the new Military Commissions Act of 2006 Monday before an audience of senior military lawyers, insisting it gives enemy combatants detained at Guantanamo Bay &qu (More) |
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US official urges 'practical suggestions' rather than calls for closing Guantanamo
The US Department of State's top legal advisor asked Friday that the UK and other foreign governments to help repatriate detainees at Guantanamo Bay rather than calling for closure of the prison. In an interview with the BBC, John Bellinger s (More) |
John Marshall declared federal judicial supremacy over states
On February 20, 1809, US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall ruled in United States v. Peters that the legal power of the federal judiciary is greater than that of any individual state: "If the legislatures of the several states may, at will, annul the judgments of the courts of the United States, and destroy rights acquired under those judgments, the constitution itself becomes a solemn mockery; and the nation is deprived of the means of enforcing its laws by the instrumentality of its own tribunals."
