Archive | Guantánamo documents
- Defense lawyers can't see Ramzi bin al Shibh's CIA interrogation details
- Judge Ricardo M. Urbina’s Oct. 7, 2008 order to release 17 citizens of China, ethnic Muslims called Uighurs, after nearly seven years of U.S. military custody.
- Judge Richard Leon’s Nov. 20, 2008 order to release five Algerians who were handed over to U.S. forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina and sent to Guantanamo, and upholding the detention of a sixth.
- Judge Richard Leon’s Dec. 30, 2008 decision upholding the detention of Yemeni Moath al Alwi, ruling that he had fought with the Taliban during the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan after Sept. 11, 2001.
- Judge Richard Leon’s Dec. 30, 2008 decision upholding the detention of Tunisian Hisham Sliti, ruling he likely traveled from London to Afghanistan in mid 2000 as an al Qaeda recruit.
- Judge Richard Leon’s Jan. 14, 2009 order to release Mohammed el Gharani of Chad, finding no corroborating evidence of the government case.
- Judge Richard Leon’s Jan. 28, 2008 decision upholding the detention of Yemeni Ghaleb Nassar al Bihani, ruling that he aided the enemy in Afghanistan by serving as a cook for the Taliban.
- Judge Richard Leon’s April 2, 2009 decision upholding the detention Tunisian Hadi Hammamy, ruling that the former resident of Italy was likely at the battle of Tora Bora.
- Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle’s April 15, 2009 order to release Yemeni Yassin Muhammed Basardh, who acted as an informant on other detainees at Guantanamo.
- Judge Gladys Kessler’s May 11, 2009 order to release Yemeni Alla Ali Ahmed, saying the government’s mosaic theory of association with terrorism did not meet the burden.
- Judge Richard Leon’s June 22, 2009 order to release Syrian Abdulrahim Janko, saying his detention as a war prisoner "defies common sense''
- Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly’s July 29, 2009 order to release Kuwaiti Khalid Mutairi, ruling that the government case offered nothing but speculation that he had trained or was associated with al Qaeda.
- Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle's July 30, 2009 order to release Afghan Mohammed Jawad after declaring the government case in a “shambles” once a military judge ruled the young Afghan’s confession was obtained through torture in his native Afghanistan.
- Judge James Robertson’s Aug. 12, 2009 decision upholding the detention of Yemeni Ali Awad, agreeing that he trained with al Qaeda and then holed up in an Afghan hospital in a bloody standoff early in the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan.
- Judge Gladys Kessler’s Aug. 17, 2009 order to release Yemeni Mohammed al Adahi, saying that he may have attended a party with Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan but he washed out of al Qaeda training.
- Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly's Aug. 24 order upholding the detention of Kuwaiti Fawzi al Odah.
- Military judge postpones Ahmed al Darbi's hearing until Sept. 24, 2009
- Military judge rejects delay in May 27, 2009 Military Commissions hearing
- Ahmed Darbi's Dec. 20, 2007 charges, records
- Ibrahim al Qosi's Feb. 8, 2008 charges
- Military lawyer wants access to detainee Ibrahim al Qosi's prison camp cellblock
- Military lawyer seeks clarification of her status as detailed defense counsel
- Mohammed Kamin's March 11, 2008 charges
- Susan Crawford's May 29, 2009 order withdrawing charges against Ahmed Ghailani
- Ahmed Ghailani's Oct. 3, 2008 amended charge sheet, no death-penalty trial
- Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani's censored 2007 transcript, other military records
- Ahmed Ghailani's 1998 NYC indictment
- Proposed Barack Obama administration changes to Military Commissions
- U.S. District Court judge says some detainees can be held indefinitely, without charge
- Adm. Patrick Walsh report that finds prison camps compliant with humane treatment provisions of Geneva Conventions
- President Barack Obama's Executive Orders on U.S. Detention and Interrogation policy in the War on Terror
- The Justice Department's Inspector-General Report on FBI resistance to military and CIA interrogation tactics used on war-on-terror detainees
- CIA director confirms waterboarding Feb. 13, 2008
- July 2006 Pentagon Directive granting detainees Geneva Convention protections
- Gordon England's June 2, 2006 order forbidding release of detainee photos
- The Pentagon’s 2006 list of Guantanamo detainees, some since freed
- The Pentagon’s 2007 list of "no-longer enemy combatants"
- April 2005 Pentagon report on detainee abuse at the Navy base
- FBI memos and analysis on Gitmo interrogation techniques
- Interviews collected for April 2005 abuse detainee investigation
- 2004 Camp Delta Operations Manual
- 2003 Camp Delta Operations Manual
- William Haynes March 13, 2003 Interrogation and Torture Memo
- Mohammed Jawad's Oct. 9, 2007 charges, records
- Mohammed Jawad's Unlawful Influence motion
- Mohammed Jawad's torture motion
- Judge's ruling disqualifying Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann from oversight of case
- Jawad judge sets high bar for conviction in Sept. 24, 2008 subject matter ruling
- Sept. 22, 2008 affidavit for the defense by LTC Vandeveld, former Mohammed Jawad case prosecutor
- Judge excludes teen's tortured confession
- Defense's Sept. 18, 2008 motion to suppress Jawad's statements to the Americans
- Judge Steve Henley's Nov. 19, 2008 ruling, released by the Pentagon Dec. 3, suppressing all statements Mohammed Jawad made in U.S. custody
- Pentagon dismisses war crimes charge against 31, July 2009
- Canada's Court of Appeal rules Aug. 14, 2009 that Harper government must seek Khadr's return, before trial
- Juvenile justice groups seek halt to Khadr trial
- Judge delays Khadr trial until Jan. 26
- Judge Patrick Parrish Sept. 4, 2008 ruling limiting role of legal advisorto Convening Authority, if the military jury convicts
- Canadian released Omar Khadr Gitmo documents
- Omar Khadr’s April 5, 2007 charges
- Pentagon's US Court for Military Commission Review order on Sept. 24, 2007 reinstating Khadr's charges
- Omar Khadr’s censored Feb. 22, 2008 affidavit
- Judge Brownback's April 30, 2008 child soldier ruling
- A U.S. commando's 2004 account of the July 2002 capture of Omar Khadr
- Canada’s Supreme Court ruling on Khadr’s access to intelligence documents
- Chief war court judge June 2, 2008 statement on dismissal of Col. Brownback
- Defense lawyers can't see Ramzi bin al Shibh's CIA interrorgation details
- 9/11 accused's March 2009 statement
- Judge Henley suspends 9/11 hearings until May 20, 2009, in motion by case prosecutor citing request of President Barack Obama
- Judge's Dec. 18. 2008 protective order on classified information in the Sept.11 mass murder and conspiracy case, made public Jan. 9, 2009
- Pentagon invitation to victims' families
- Judge gives attorneys access to Camp 7
- Judge denies request for detainee live web access Oct. 6, 2008
- High-value detainees' motion for computer, database access, other resources to mount defense
- Convening Authority affidavit disputing improper influence
- Defense teams' motion to dismiss, with proposed Sept. 15, 2008 trial date memo
- Chief judge denies delay request, sets June 5 for 9/11 arraignment
- Military lawyers for Ramzi bin al Shibh, four other alleged 9/11 conspirators seek delay of arraignment to give them time to forge working relationships with their clients
- Military defense counsel for 9/11 accused seek dismissal of death penalty conspiracy charges on May 15, 2008 on grounds of "unlawful influence"
- The finalized 9/11 charge sheet dated May 9, 2008
- ACLU's May 7, 2008 protest letter to Defense Secretary Gates
- Pentagon's updated 9/11 conspiracy charge sheet
- American Bar Association's Feb. 27, 2008 letter to President Bush
- The original 9/11 conspiracy charge sheet
- Defense counsel proposal on how to consider death-penalty prosecutions
- Mohammed al Qahtani's Feb. 11, 2008 charges, other records
- ACLU program provides death penalty defenders to high-value captives
- President Bush's Sept. 6, 2006 speech on KSM, et al
- Military Commissions Rights Advisement
- Proposed Barack Obama administration changes to Military Commissions
- Chief Defense Counsel seeks emergency dismissal of all war crimes cases, citing torture, politics
- Egytian Tarek el Sawah's Dec. 12, 2008 charge sheet
- Kuwaiti Fouad al Rabia's October 22, 2008 charge sheet
- Kuwaiti Faiz Mohammed al Kandari's October 22, 2008 charge sheet
- Afghan Obaidullah's Sept. 10, 2008 charge sheet
- Afghan Abdul Ghani's July 28, 2008 charge sheet
- Pentagon documents on Abdul Ghani
- Mohammed Hashim’s May 30, 2008 Pentagon charge sheet
- Binyam Mohamed's May 28, 2008 Pentagon charge sheet, disclosed June 3, 2008
- Sufiyan Barhoum's May 29, 2008 Pentagon charge sheet
- Jabran al Qahtani's May 29, 2008 Pentagon charge sheet
- Ghassan al Sharbi's May 29, 2008 Pentagon charge sheet
- Noor Uthman Mumammed's May 23, 2008 Pentagon charge sheet
- David Hicks' Feb. 2, 2007 charges
- David Hicks’ March 29, 2007 plea agreement
- David Hicks' original March 26, 2007 pretrial agreement
- Driver's judge refuses new sentencing hearing
- Lawyers for driver on Oct. 10, 2008 reject prosecution request to vacate sentence, reassemble jury
- Prosecutors ask judge to overturn sentence, reassume jury
- The jury's completed verdict sheet, convicted of one charge, acquitted of a second
- The deliberations worksheet the judge prepared for the Hamdan jury deliberations Aug. 4, 2008
- The instructions the military judge, Navy Capt. Keith Allred, gave to the Hamdan jury before deliberations began Aug. 4, 2008
- Khalid Sheik Mohammed and Walid Bin Attash responses to the questions sent on behalf of the driver by defense attorneys
- Transcript of Yemeni captive Salim Hamdan's Nov. 25, 2001 interrogation video in Takt-a-pol, Afghanistan
- Military judge suppresses some Afghan interrogations on eve of driver's trial
- Military judge rejects ex post facto argument
- Bush administration July 14 federal filing opposing delay in July 21 war crimes trial
- Defense lawyers ask federal judge to delay July 21 war crimes trial
- Lawyers turn to federal court July 3, 2008 to stop war crimes trial
- Judge declines defense request for a delay, sets trial for July 21
- Judge Allred’s May 15, 2008 continuance of trial until U.S. Supreme Court rules
- Hamdan team psychiatrist's May 14, 2008 declaration
- Judges May 15, 2008 order for an independent mental health examination
- Judge Allred's May 9, 2008 ruling disqualifying the Brig. Gen. Hartmann's oversight
- The driver's March 7, 2008 unlawful command motion
- Salim Hamdan’s April 4, 2008 motion to exclude evidence on grounds of coercion
- Salim Hamdan’s Feb. 1, 2008 protest over conditions of confinement
- Salim Hamdan’s April 5, 2007 charges
- Salim Hamdan’s 2004 prison camp affidavit
- Documents Ali Hamza al Bahlul presented at his Nov. 3, 2008 sentencing hearing
- Sworn charges against alleged al Qaeda propagandist Ali Hamza al Bahlul
- Ali Hamza al Bahlul's Pentagon released detainee documents
- Ali Hamza al Bahlul's 2006 boycott sign from earlier military commission session
- Convening Authority withdraws terror charges "in the interest of justice"
- Abd al Rahim al Nashiri's judge rules on issue of transport to arraignment
- Government's request for a delay, and Judge Pohl's refusal
- Abd al Rahim al Nashiri's June 30, 2008 proposed death-penalty charge sheet
- Abd al Rahim al Nashiri's censored 2007 hearing transcript, other records
- September 2006 White House biographical capsules
- Abd al Hadi al Iraqi, who has yet to get a hearing
- Abu Zubaydah’s 2007 censored hearing transcript, other military records
- Abu Zubaydah’s 2008 unlawful detention lawsuit
- Abu Zubaydah’s lawyers on Feb. 12, 2008 oppose postponing federal case
- Walid bin Attash’s 2007 censored hearing transcript, other military records
- Majid Khan’s 2007 censored hearing transcript, other military records
- Majid Khan’s 2008 motion claiming state-sponsored torture
- Majid Khan’s handwritten January 2008 pleas claiming torture to a federal court
- Guleed Hassan Dourad's censored 2007 transcript, other military records
- Ammar al Baluchi’s censored 2007 transcript, other military records
- Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani's censored 2007 transcript, other military records
- Hambali’s censored 2007 hearing transcript, other records
- Mustafa al Hawsawi’s censored 2007 hearing transcript, other records
- Abu Faraj al Libi’s censored 2007 hearing transcript, other records
- Khalid Sheik Mohammed’s censored 2007 hearing transcript, other records
- Abd al Rahim al Nashiri's censored 2007 hearing transcript, other records
- Ramzi bin al Shibh's censored 2007 hearing transcript, other records
- Mohammed Nazir bin Lap's censored 2007 hearing transcript, other records
- Zubair's censored 2007 hearing transcript, other records
- President Bush's Sept. 6, 2006 speech on KSM, et al
- Pentagon's 2007 ground rules for media access to Military Commissions
- Military Commissions rules of court
- Military Commissions Act 2006, the law that created the war court
- Official Defense Department biographies of Military Commissions judges
- Defense Department description of Military Commissions Operations Director
- The Justice Department's Inspector General Report on FBI resistance to military and CIA interrogation techniques used on war-on-terror detainees
- Media access ground rules
- Defense Secretary Rumsfeld declares Navy base "least worst" place
- U.S. Supreme Court ruling Feb. 12, 2008 in Boumediene v Bush
- June 29, 2006 Hamdan decision
- Binyam Mohamed's amicus brief, describing rendition, alleged abuse
- Human Rights Watch Isolation Report, June 2008
FEATURED DOCUMENT:
US DISTRICT COURT in WASHINGTON DC habeas corpus rulings, denied and granted since Boumediene v Bush in June 2008
AHMED AL DARBI, Saudi accused of plotting al Qaeda attack on Strait of Hormuz, next hearing Sept. 25, 2009
IBRAHIM AL QOSI, Sudanese accused of serving as Osama bin Laden bodyguard, next hearing Sept. 17, 2009
MOHAMMED KAMIN, Afghan accused of providing material support for terror _ next hearing Sept. 17, 2009
AHMED GHAILANI, Tanzanian high-value detainee accused in the 1998 East Africa Embassies bombing, case transferred to New York
PENTAGON OTHER AGENCY DETAINEE RECORDS, POLICY STATEMENTS, ORDERS
MOHAMMED JAWAD, AFGHAN, case dismissed
MILITARY COMMISSIONS, the 9/11 Conspiracy Case-- next hearing Sept. 21, 2009
MILITARY COMMISSIONS
SALIM HAMDAN, OSAMA BIN LADEN'S DRIVER -- convicted at trial Aug. 6, 2008, sentenced to 66 months including time served
ALI HAMZA al BAHLUL, YEMENI -- convicted at trial Oct. 31 2008, sentenced to life
ABD el RAHIM al NASHIRI, Saudi accused of orchestrating October 2000 USS Cole Bombing -- Charges withdrawn
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MILITARY COMMISSION RULES
THE PRISON CAMPS
U.S. SUPREME COURT
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