Guantanamo/Detainees

485 ABA Journal Guantanamo/Detainees articles.

DOJ: Gitmo Lawyers Threaten Security, Need Limits

The U.S. Justice Department is seeking greater restrictions on lawyers representing detainees at Guantanamo Bay, saying they are causing “intractable problems and threats to security.”

Apr 26, 2007 1:14 PM CDT

Captured at 15, Now a Gitmo Murder Defendant

In what may be the first of dozens of new prosecutions of foreign detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. military charged a Canadian with murder and other crimes today. The defendant, Omar Khadr, 20, reportedly was captured in 2002 in Afghanistan at age 15, after being severely wounded,…

Apr 25, 2007 12:26 AM CDT

British Sailors Can’t Sell Their Stories

Britain has done an about-face about allowing 15 marines and sailors recently held captive in Iran to sell their stories. Reversing a highly controversial decision, the government announced today that no members of the military may sell information to the media, reports the New York Times. More details about the…

Apr 9, 2007 8:07 PM CDT