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The Red Bull Diary (Free subscription) | yesterday
... them. So why drop the charges against this prisoner? The disqualification of Brigadier General Thomas W. Hartmann from participating in the case due to a lack of objectivity has now thrown the whole military tribunal system into doubt and lends force to its critics. Blogger emptywheel relates a communique with the Center for Constitutional Rights, who represent al-Qahtani: The government...
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
... the NYT reported that a military judge, Navy Capt. Keith Allred, has disqualified Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Hartmann, a legal adviser in the Office of Military Commissions, which runs the war crimes system, from any further role in Hamdan's case. In granting the defense’s motion alleging an “unlawful command influence,” the judge wrote (link unavailable): National attention focused on...
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SCOTUSblog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... ruling can be downloaded here . The main target of Judge Allred's findings is Air Force General Thomas W. Hartmann, who is the legal adviser to the top Pentagon official overseeing military commissions. It is Gen. Hartmann who has been barred by the judge from any further participation in the war crimes case against Salim Ahmed Hamdan — likely to be the first such trial at...
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Later On (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... general counsel to assign a new official to oversee the trial in place of Air Force Brig. Gen. Thomas W.Hartmann, the Defense Department's legal adviser for military commissions. The decision is a key one. In addition to overseeing the prosecution, Hartmann also had the power to decide how much would be spent on defense experts, travel and staff that might be need by Hamdan's...
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Prairie Weather (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
In a rebuke, a military judge has disqualified a key Pentagon general from any role overseeing the Guantánamo trial of Osama bin Laden's driver, saying he doubted the general's impartiality in the case. The judge, Navy Capt. Keith Allred, ordered the Pentagon's general counsel to assign a new official to oversee the trial in place of Air Force Brig. Gen. Thomas W.Hartmann, the Defense...
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STLtoday.com Top News Headlines (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... military's trial of an alleged driver for Osama bin Laden, determined that Air Force Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Hartmann was too closely tied to prosecutors. He is supposed to be a neutral adviser to the official directing the commissions. In a 13-page ruling issued Friday, Allred found that Hartmann pressured prosecutors to present certain cases because they were "sexy," suggesting...
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Misblog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Originally published February 14, 2008; Updated and Republished May 10, 2008: Today, Kangaroo Kommission spokes puppet 1 Brigadier General Thomas W. Hartmann informed the PBS News Hour audience that Kangaroo Kommission rules provide for the defendents' right to remain silent—after the defendants have been tortured. What spokes puppet Hartmann did not tell his audience 2 was that...
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Truth Out (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... set up to win convictions. The judge, Capt. Keith J. Allred of the Navy, directed that Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Hartmann of the Air Force Reserve, a senior Pentagon official of the Office of Military Commissions, which runs the war crimes system, have no further role in the first prosecution, scheduled for trial this month. General Hartmann, whose title is legal adviser, has been...
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Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... set up to win convictions. The judge, Capt. Keith J. Allred of the Navy, directed that Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Hartmann of the Air Force Reserve, a senior Pentagon official of the Office of Military Commissions, which runs the war crimes system, have no further role in the first prosecution, scheduled for trial this month. (Continued here.)
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Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... the Sept. 11 attacks.-snip-The judge, Capt. Keith J. Allred of the Navy, directedthat Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Hartmann of the Air ForceReserve, a senior Pentagon official of the Office ofMilitary Commissions, which runs the war crimes system,have no further role in the first prosecution, scheduledfor trial this month.-snip-
