A military prosecutor who resigned due to ethical qualms says in a court document that the evidence system at Guantanamo is so disorganized that it was impossible to be fair…
The Pentagon official charged with deciding whether to try Guantanamo detainees says she refused to allow the prosecution of the alleged 20th hijacker in the Sept. 11 attacks because he…
Barack Obama will issue an executive order within the first week of taking office directing the closing of Guantanamo Bay, but carrying out the order could take as long as…
Tough-guy Jack Bauer of the FOX TV program 24 never thought twice about hardball tactics that included shootings, beatings, mutilations and electroshocks. He and his colleagues did whatever was needed…
Barack Obama faces some tough choices regarding Bush terrorism policies, including whether to investigate Bush administration officials for authorizing domestic wiretaps or harsh interrogations of suspects.
About 175 cases filed by Guantanamo detainees seeking a review of their enemy combatant designations won’t get a federal appeals court hearing under a decision today by the U.S. Court…
A federal appeals court has ruled the government does not have to disclose the identities of Guantanamo Bay detainees who claim they were abused in custody.
A partner at Davis Wright Tremaine is planning to file suit on behalf of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who claims he was tortured as part of the Bush administration’s…
President-elect Obama’s choice to head the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel has been a vocal critic of the Bush administration’s terrorism policies and the legal opinions that authorized them.
Large law firms have lined up to provide “legal dream teams” for the world’s most dangerous men at Guantanamo, outgunning the 60 or so Justice Department lawyers handling about 200…
The U.S. Supreme Court has directed a federal appeals court to reconsider the claims of four former Guantanamo detainees from the United Kingdom who claim they were tortured and their…
Contradicting Bush administration claims that harsh prisoner interrogation techniques were sought by front-line military officers in the war against terrorism, a bipartisan U.S. Senate committee report released yesterday in redacted…
Washington State Supreme Court Justice Richard Sanders now admits he stood and called Attorney General Michael Mukasey a “tyrant” during a speech last week, but he says some time elapsed…