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US military judge postpones Hamdan military commission trial
May 16, 2008
[JURIST] A military judge Friday delayed the military commission trial of Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] until July. On Thursday, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit rejected [order, PDF] a bid by Hamdan to postpone the start of his.... [more] 
Legal advisor staying after Guantanamo trial disqualification
May 15, 2008
[JURIST] US Air Force Reserve Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann [official profile], a top Pentagon legal adviser on the Guantanamo military commission trials, said Wednesday that he will not resign [AP report] despite questions concerning his objectivity. Hartmann serves as legal adviser to Susan J..... [more]
Pentagon approves death penalty charges for 5 alleged 9/11 conspirators
May 13, 2008
[JURIST] Death penalty charges [JURIST report] against Guantanamo detainees Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] and four other men allegedly involved in planning the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on the United States have been confirmed by the Convening Authority for the.... [more]
Top Pentagon legal adviser disqualified from Guantanamo trial: NYT
May 10, 2008
[JURIST] A US military judge has ruled that US Air Force Reserve Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann [JURIST report], a top Pentagon legal adviser on the Guantanamo military commission trials, is ineligible to participate in the first military commission trial of a detainee because he is too closely.... [more]
US military judge refuses to set Khadr trial date pending Guantanamo records release
May 9, 2008
[JURIST] US military judge Col. Peter Brownback again refused to set a trial date for Canadian-born Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] at a pre-trial hearing Thursday, threatening to suspend military commission proceedings against the Guantanamo detainee until the government submits.... [more]
First Guantanamo detainee hearing in new court complex delayed by technical glitch
May 7, 2008
[JURIST] A technical problem delayed the start of the arraignment hearing for Yemeni Guantanamo detainee Ali Hamza Ahman Sulayman al-Bahlul Wednesday when a courtroom sound feed in the brand new Guantanamo legal compound cut off for reporters in the spectator gallery. The compound's military.... [more]
US military judge rules Khadr not a child soldier
April 30, 2008
[JURIST] A US military judge Wednesday rejected arguments that Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] was a child soldier when he was captured in Afghanistan and that the US military commission responsible for his trial lacks jurisdiction over the case. In a.... [more]
Guantanamo ex-prosecutor testifies on political influence in commission cases
April 29, 2008
[JURIST] Top US Department of Defense officials said that there could be no acquittals at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] military commissions and pressured prosecutors to bring charges against detainees, according to Monday testimony by former Guantanamo Bay chief military prosecutor Col..... [more]
Hamdan plans boycott of Guantanamo military commission trial
April 28, 2008
[JURIST] Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] said Monday that he will join fellow detainees in a boycott of his upcoming military commission trial. Hamdan, a former driver for Osama bin Laden who has been in US custody since 2001, said at a pre-.... [more]
Military defense lawyer for alleged 9/11 mastermind worried about trial fairness: CNN
April 25, 2008
[JURIST] Navy Captain Prescott Prince [Miami Herald profile, PDF], the military-appointed lawyer [JURIST report] for confessed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], has expressed concern over the fairness of his client's upcoming military commission trial..... [more]
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