Truth Out (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Carol Rosenberg reports for The Miami Herald: "A military commissions judge Friday delayed the scheduled trial of Osama bin Laden's driver until after the US Supreme Court has decided another key detainee case... The decision also provided a window for Hamdan to undergo a mental health evaluation."
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
... overnight, a US military judge postponed the Guantanamo trial of Osama bin Laden's driver, Salim Hamdan, until July 21, to allow time to assess his mental competency.Hamdan was to be the first prisoner tried in the US war crimes court at the Guantanamo naval base in Cuba.The Guantanamo tribunals are the first US war crimes tribunals since WWII and have faced steady criticism...
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
By Jane SuttonMIAMI, May 16 (Reuters) - Charges against five Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks should be thrown out because they were improperly influenced by a Pentagon legal adviser, U.S. military lawyers said in documents filed on Friday.Also on Friday, a U.S. military judge postponed the Guantanamo trial of Osama bin Laden's driver, Salim Hamdan, until...
CBS 4 - South Florida's Source for (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
... courts.Allred says the Supreme Court decision is expected by June 30 and could affect the case.Salim Hamdan is charged with supporting terrorism and faces life in prison if convicted.
Bring it On! (Free subscription) | yesterday
... defense lawyer from the Navy's Judge Advocate General Corps who was appointed in 2002 to represent Salim Hamdan. Mr. Swift was a good and honorable man, to be sure. He has even publicly voiced his opposition to the military commissions. His opposition most likely cost him his military career. Next, they lay out the case for Col. Morris Davis, former chief prosecutor for the tribunals....
Truth Out (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
... Associated Press. Last week, a military judge barred Hartmann from any role in the case against Salim Hamdan - Osama bin Laden's driver, possibly for case to go to trial - because he aligned himself too closely with prosecutors. Hartmann said he will abide by the judge's ruling and noted that he did not testify in the Hamdan case. Defense lawyers have signaled they will assert...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
... Press.
Last week, a military judge barred Hartmann from participating in the case against Salim Hamdan - the Guantanamo inmate expected to be the first to go to trial - because he aligned himself too closely with prosecutors. Hartmann said he will abide by the judge's ruling and noted that he did not testify in the Hamdan case.
Defense lawyers have signaled they...
in propria persona (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
... key legal adviser to the war crimes system was barred from having any further role in the case of Salim Hamdan. The latest: The Defense Department has thrown out all charges against Mohammed al-Qahtani, one of the “Gitmo Six” and the alleged “20th hijacker” in the 9/11 attacks. I am profoundly disturbed by everything at "Gitmo." We have a Constitution and a justice system for a reason....
TPMmuckraker (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
If you thought the military commissions in Guantanamo Bay couldn't get any uglier, you were wrong. On Friday, the judge presiding over the Salim Hamdan case, Capt. Keith J. Allred, disqualified a top Pentagon official from any more involvement in...
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
When Col. Morris Davis, the former chief prosecutor at Guantánamo, took the stand on behalf of Osama bin Laden's former driver, many Gitmo watchers called Col. Davis (pictured) a traitor to his country. Davis, who clarified that he didn't necessarily doubt Salim Hamdan's guilt, nevertheless testified that the Bush administration's military commissions — set up [...]
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
A decision by a military judge to disqualify a top Pentagon official from any further role in a Guantánamo war-crimes case presents a major new challenge to the Bush administration's legal approach to the war on terrorism.The ruling on Friday in the case against Salim Hamdan, a detainee who was a driver for Osama bin Laden, transformed what had been something of a Pentagon soap opera...
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
On the Gitmo front, the last several weeks have brought the Bush administration a series of legal defeats. First, Gitmo’s former chief prosecutor turned against the Pentagon, testifying that political interference had tainted the military commissions, set up to prosecute detainees. Then a key legal adviser to the war crimes system was barred from having any further role in the case of Salim...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
... Thomas Hartmann , the legal adviser at Guantanamo Bay, “from participating in the case against Salim Hamdan , Osama bin Laden's former driver.” Hamdan's lawyer, Lt. Cmdr. Brian Mizer, alleged Hartmann's “dual role of supervising the prosecution and providing legal advice to the commissions administrator, who must make impartial rulings,” constituted a “ conflict of interest...
JURIST (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... hidden from the public. Last month, Davis testified at a pre-trial hearing for Guantanamo detainee Salim Hamdan that Hartmann had pressured him to move forward with military commissions quickly "before the election" or else "this thing's going to implode."
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
A military judge's decision on Friday to disqualify a top Pentagon official from any further role in a Guantanamo war crimes case was a major new challenge to the Bush administration's legal approach to the war on terrorism.The ruling in the case against Salim Hamdan, a detainee who was a driver for Osama bin Laden, transformed what had been something of a Pentagon soap opera over how...
