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.
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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.
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.
What to Know About Hunger Strikes
The actions are almost always political, and governments sometimes resort to force-feeding, a practice denounced as inhumane. Deaths like that of a Palestinian prisoner this week are uncommon.
Red Cross Expresses Alarm Over Detainee Health at Guantánamo Bay
As the prisoners age, their physical and mental health needs are increasingly challenging, the leader of a visiting delegation said.
Pentagon’s Repatriation of Algerian Leaves 30 Prisoners at Guantánamo
The transfer was the sixth of a cleared prisoner in six months in a Biden administration surge to reduce the prison population.
Ex-C.I.A. Psychologist Re-enacts Interrogations for Guantánamo Court
Lawyers for a Saudi prisoner had the psychologist show some of his practices in an effort to exclude evidence as derived from torture.
Appeals Court Punts on Due Process Rights for Guantánamo Detainees
The case could have resolved an important question about the scope of rights for noncitizens held at the wartime prison.