A case that had mostly drifted from public consciousness in 12 years of proceedings is back in the spotlight and no closer to trial.
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Trial Set to Start Next Year in Bombing of U.S.S. Cole
The judge reserved a courtroom for fall 2025. Seventeen U.S. sailors were killed in the bombing, which was a precursor to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Qaeda Commander at Guantánamo Bay Is Sentenced for War Crimes
A U.S. military jury decided on a 30-year prison term. But under a plea deal, the prisoner’s sentence will end in 2032.
War Crimes Hearing Gives Public Virtual Look Inside a Secret C.I.A. Prison
Years after the agency’s “black site” program was shut down, details are slowly emerging during trials at Guantánamo Bay.
War Veterans and Family Testify at Al Qaeda Commander’s War Crimes Tribunal
Victims of insurgent attacks in wartime Afghanistan described their loss to a jury at Guantánamo Bay to give a human face to a written guilty plea.
A Former Guantánamo Prisoner’s New Life
In a quick but eventful year since his release, Majid Khan reunited with his wife, met his daughter who was born after his capture and added to his family with a baby son.
Judge in Sept. 11 Case Visits Former C.I.A. Black Site
Col. Matthew McCall toured the part of the prison at Guantánamo Bay where, in 2007, federal agents obtained now-disputed confessions from terrorism suspects.
New ‘Serial’ Podcast Explores Life at Guantánamo Bay
Season 4 of the “Serial” podcast, nearly a decade in the making, tells an insider history of the infamous American military prison.
In Bali Bombing Trial, Victims Describe Their Pain and Prisoners Apologize
A Guantánamo military court heard anguishing testimony at the sentencing hearing for two Malaysian prisoners who pleaded guilty after 20 years of detention.
Bali Bombers May Return to Malaysia After Sentencing
The two prisoners have admitted to conspiring with an affiliate of Al Qaeda that carried out a deadly bombing in Indonesia two decades ago.