“Rahm felt very, very strongly that it was a mistake to prosecute the 9/11 people in the federal courts, and that it was picking an unnecessary fight with the military-commission people,” a source told The New Yorker. ❋ Unknown (2010)
In a letter to the Pentagon's top detainee official, William Lietzau, nine defense lawyers said the security procedure violated military-commission rules as well as domestic and international humanitarian law. ❋ Jess Bravin (2011)
His trial will amount to a key test for the Obama administration of the military-commission system. ❋ Julian E. Barnes (2011)
The prison commander at Guantanamo Bay issued new rules allowing prison staff to examine mail between military-commission defendants and their lawyers, renewing a dispute with defense attorneys who say communications with their clients should remain confidential. ❋ Jess Bravin (2011)
The dispute is "symptomatic of the problems" created by military-commission trials, which Congress authorized to prosecute suspected terrorists without affording them rights required by federal courts, Cmdr. ❋ Jess Bravin (2011)
The prison commander at Guantanamo Bay issued new rules allowing prison staff to examine mail between military-commission defendants and their lawyers. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Mr. Katyal helped lead the legal team that won a landmark Supreme Court ruling in 2006 against the Bush administration's plan to hold military-commission trials for detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison. ❋ Evan Perez (2011)
He directed staff to seize the mail bins of detainees expected to face military-commission trials, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others accused of organizing the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. ❋ Jess Bravin (2011)
After Mr. Obama announced he would seek to close Guantanamo in January 2009, most of the military-commission cases were put on hold. ❋ Julian E. Barnes (2011)
David Woods, recently issued an order establishing a team of government contractors to examine correspondence between military-commission suspects and their lawyers. ❋ Jess Bravin (2012)
Mr. Gibbs added that changes by the Obama administration to the military-commission rules established by the Bush administration would "ensure the type of protections that would withstand constitutional and Supreme Court scrutiny." ❋ Jonathan Weisman (2010)
"If for whatever reason it ended up as a military-commission trial, given the reformed status of those military commissions, I think that we could have a trial that … would stand up to the test that I was talking about before, in terms of transparency, adherence to the traditions that we have a nation," he said. ❋ Jonathan Weisman (2010)
In the eight years since we first invented the military-commission system at Guantánamo, only four terrorists have been convicted (two in trials), and two are now free. ❋ Unknown (2010)
It's why ACLU staff attorney Ben Wizner describes the case as "the perfect storm of what's wrong with the military-commission system." ❋ Unknown (2010)
Separate military-commission charges against Mr. Ghailani were withdrawn before he was transferred to New York. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The White House cracked open the door Friday to holding military-commission trials for the alleged plotters of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, acknowledging that Congress and logistical obstacles could foreclose planned civilian trials. ❋ Jonathan Weisman (2010)
