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The Guantanamo Trials
On January 20, just hours after taking office, President Barack Obama issued an order directing the chief prosecutor of the military commissions to seek a 120-day halt in all pending cases at Guantanamo Bay while his administration reviews the files of Guantanamo detainees and decides how to proceed. The following day, military judges granted the prosecution’s request to suspend proceedings against Omar Khadr, a Canadian who was only 15 at the time of his alleged crime, and against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other defendants accused of responsibility for the September 11 attacks.
Obama’s swift action to suspend the proceedings indicates that his administration understands the fundamental flaws in the military commissions and suggests that he may do what Human Rights Watch has long called for: transfer military commission cases to US federal courts.
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AP - Charges dropped vs. suspect in 2000 USS Cole blast
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon's senior judge overseeing ****** trials at Guantanamo Bay dropped charges Thursday against an al-Qaida suspect in the 2000 USS Cole bombing, upholding President Barack Obama's order to freeze military tribunals there. The charges against suspected al-Qaida bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri marked the last active Guantanamo war crimes case.
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On January 20, just hours after taking office, President Barack Obama issued an order directing the chief prosecutor of the military commissions to seek a 120-day halt in all pending cases at Guantanamo Bay while his administration reviews the files of Guantanamo detainees and decides how to proceed. The following day, military judges granted the prosecution’s request to suspend proceedings against Omar Khadr, a Canadian who was only 15 at the time of his alleged crime, and against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other defendants accused of responsibility for the September 11 attacks.
Obama’s swift action to suspend the proceedings indicates that his administration understands the fundamental flaws in the military commissions and suggests that he may do what Human Rights Watch has long called for: transfer military commission cases to US federal courts.
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AP - Charges dropped vs. suspect in 2000 USS Cole blast
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon's senior judge overseeing ****** trials at Guantanamo Bay dropped charges Thursday against an al-Qaida suspect in the 2000 USS Cole bombing, upholding President Barack Obama's order to freeze military tribunals there. The charges against suspected al-Qaida bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri marked the last active Guantanamo war crimes case.
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