Joseph Margulies will talk about his role in coordinating the litigation challenging the Bush administration’s post-9/11 detention policy at 5 p.m. CT on Tuesday, Oct. 21, at the ABA’s headquarters…
A Justice Department court filing describing 17 Guantanamo detainees as “a danger to the public” has reportedly stalled State Department efforts to find a country willing to accept the men.
A Guantanamo military prosecutor who cited “ethical qualms” before he quit had wrestled with the decision, telling an online priest about his misgivings.
The Bush administration issued secret memos in 2003 and 2004 telling CIA officials that it approved waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques for al-Qaida suspects.
A military officer warned that a suspected enemy combatant being held in a U.S. naval brig was nearing insanity because of isolation and sensory deprivation, according to newly released documents.
A ruling yesterday ordering the release of 17 Chinese Muslims at Guantanamo Bay is a victory for two law firms: Bingham McCutchen and Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel.
A federal judge has ruled that 17 Chinese Muslims at Guantanamo Bay who are no longer considered enemy combatants should be released into the United States by Friday.
Although she was still in law school, Mahvish Khan had a critical skill that most trained attorneys representing detainees at the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay didn’t—as the…
A picture emerges of Justice Department officials with differing views on the use of harsh interrogation techniques in early 2002 when top White House officials met to discuss the issue.
Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed questioned a Guantanamo judge about his religion, his reading habits and his views on torture in a hearing yesterday on his impartiality.
The lawyer who left Covington & Burling after dropping his pants at a news conference isn’t the only attorney whose life became consumed by litigation…
Lawyers representing detainees at Guantanamo Bay are rushing to meet with their clients who are challenging their detention in federal lawsuits, but a shortage of interpreters could create a logjam.