Based on the actual transcripts of
the Guantanamo Military Tribunals (aka the Combatant Status Review Tribunals or CSRTs)
It is not the first time that concerns over government spying have rocked
the Guantanamo military tribunals.
Not exact matches
The prime suspect in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen will face a
military tribunal in
Guantanamo Bay, US defense officials say.
The Oath Director: Laura Poitras Filmed in Yemen, The Oath tells the story of Abu Jandal, Osama bin Laden's former bodyguard, and Salim Hamdan, a prisoner at
Guantanamo Bay Prison who is the first man to face the controversial
military tribunals at
Guantanamo.
I'm not aware of any federal controls over the attorney - client relationship or attorney - client privilege (except with regard to the recent encroachment on attorney - client communications in the representation of enemy combatants in connection with
Guantanamo and Bush administration
military tribunals).
Teesdale has released a short documentary video in which, on a beach in
Guantanamo bay, he explains that hospital worker and teacher Adel Hamad has been held for years in detention and denied release even after a member of the
military tribunal reviewing his case called his incarceration «unconscionable.»
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As summarized by the SCOTUS Blog, in a 5 - 3 the Court held that President Bush did not have authority to set up the
tribunals at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and found the commissions illegal under both
military justice law and the Geneva conventions.
Omar Khadr, a Canadian who was once the youngest prisoner held in the
Guantanamo military base before being transferred to a prison in Alberta in 2012, has been granted bail and could be released early next month while he appeals his murder conviction by a U.S.
military tribunal.
And also at TNR Online, Spencer Ackerman has an essay entitled «Down By Law: Inside
Guantanamo's
military tribunal.»