The two prisoners have admitted to conspiring with an affiliate of Al Qaeda that carried out a deadly bombing in Indonesia two decades ago.
Author: Carol Rosenberg
Families to Testify at Guantánamo Bay About Loved Ones Lost to Terror
Relatives of victims of the 2002 attack are expected to describe their loss to a U.S. military jury sentencing two Malaysian prisoners.
Malaysian Prisoners Plead Guilty to Conspiring in 2002 Bali Bombing
The men, who have been held by the United States for two decades as lieutenants to a Southeast Asian terrorist, entered pleas at Guantánamo Bay.
Lawyers Expand Legal Fight for Longest-Held Prisoner of War on Terrorism
Abu Zubaydah was the first prisoner waterboarded by the C.I.A. He has never faced charges at Guantánamo Bay.
How a Judge’s Ruling on Torture Imperils a Guantánamo Prosecution Strategy
In dismissing a confession in the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole, Col. Lanny J. Acosta Jr. has shaken a foundation of U.S. government cases at the post-9/11 court.
Judge Throws Out Confession of Bombing Suspect as Derived From Torture
The Saudi defendant, accused of orchestrating the attack on the U.S.S. Cole in 2000, was waterboarded and subjected to other forms of torture by the C.I.A. in 2002 in a secret prison network.
Families of 17 USS Cole Sailors Killed by Al Qaeda Await Justice at Guantánamo Bay
Families of the sailors who were killed in the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole and survivors having been making the trek to the war court at Guantánamo Bay for pretrial hearings since 2011.
Court Rejects New Sentencing for Al Qaeda Recruiter
Ali Hamza al-Bahlul is the only convict serving a life sentence at Guantánamo Bay. Lawyers have appealed his case six times.
Col. Lanny Acosta, Guantánamo Judge, Faces Ethics Challenge
The issue has cast a cloud over the coming proceedings in the U.S.S. Cole bombing case, which are scheduled to last three weeks starting Monday.
At Guantánamo’s Court Like No Other, Progress Is Frustrated by State Secrets
The U.S. government is still sorting out what’s secret in an Indonesian bombing case more than two decades after the attack.