Guantanamo military commissions

Obama can't fix the military commissions Obama can't fix the military commissions

The president won't be able to tweak the unlawful and inconsistent system for prosecuting Guantánamo detainees. He has to scrap it entirely.
  • The show trial in Guantánamo

    Why the conviction of Osama bin Laden's driver did nothing to undo the damage caused by Bush's policies in the war on terror.
  • Guilty in Guantánamo

    Osama bin Laden's driver has been tried and convicted. But what's the verdict for the Bush administration's tactics in the war on terror?
  • The bizarre trial of bin Laden's bodyguard

    The "capture videos" the Pentagon aims to bury, late-night brutality pointing to the CIA -- and even a surreal viewing of "The Dark Knight" here in Guantánamo.
  • Sabotage in Guantánamo

    How the 9/11 suspects are trying to exploit the major flaws in the military commissions implemented by the Bush administration.
  • The war on teen terror

    The Bush administration's treatment of juvenile prisoners shipped to Guantánamo Bay defies logic as well as international law.
  • The insanity inside Guantánamo

    A new report reveals that a number of prisoners -- even some long ago cleared to leave -- are spiraling into hallucinations, despair and suicide.
  • Arraigning the 9/11 suspects, Guantánamo-style

    Hearings for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others here were marred by intimidation, partial censorship and a ruling that left justice in doubt.
  • Still silenced in Guantánamo

    After years spent here, one prisoner pins his hope on a single phone call from the outside world -- if it ever comes.
  • The forgotten kid of Guantánamo

    A teenager captured in Afghanistan and shipped to the U.S. prison remained unknown to the world for five years. Now he's being tried as an adult.
  • Inside the Guantánamo terror trials

    A bruised-up detainee rejects the proceedings, and his lawyer discovers that military officials withheld records about his client's mental health.
  • Lawless in Guantánamo

    Even an Air Force colonel who once prosecuted detainees here is condemning military commissions at the prison as politicized and unjust.

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