Dec 08 Watch Judge to Consider Sept. 11 Suspects’ Confession Offers The alleged architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and four other suspects said Monday they would plead guilty to terror charges knowing their convictions would carry the death penalty. A Miami Herald reporter examines the developments. Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch With Changing Administrations, Future for Guantanamo Detainees Is Uncertain With Osama Bin Laden's former driver transferred to Yemen and other inmates ordered released last week, Guantanamo Bay's prison population is decreasing as President-elect Barack Obama prepares to take office. Two lawyers assess what's next for the facility. Continue watching
Nov 25 Osama Bin Laden’s Ex-Driver to Be Returned to Yemen By PBS News Hour Salim Hamdan, a former driver for terror leader Osama Bin Laden, is being transferred from the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, back to his home country of Yemen, defense officials tell news agencies. Continue reading
Nov 20 Judge Orders 5 Guantanamo Detainees Freed By Admin, PBS News Hour Five of six Algerians must be released after nearly seven years of captivity in the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, a federal judge ruled Thursday in the first case of its kind. Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch Justices to Weigh Free Speech, Environment in New Term On Monday, the Supreme Court opened its new term with a docket of wide-ranging cases on issues from broadcast indecency to environmental protection. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal explains what's on the agenda for this term and speculation… Continue watching
Aug 07 Watch Bin Laden’s Driver Receives 5 1/2 Year Prison Sentence A military tribunal jury sentenced Salim Hamdan, the former driver of Osama bin Laden, to five and a half years in prison Thursday. A Miami Herald reporter details the courtroom proceedings and what lies ahead for the Yemeni detainee. Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch Military Trial Yields Split Verdict for Bin Laden’s Driver A military jury in Guantanamo Bay convicted Osama bin Laden's former driver on charges of providing support for terrorism Wednesday but cleared him of conspiracy charges. Experts weigh the verdict. Continue watching
Jul 21 Watch Gitmo Trial Begins, but Questions Loom Over Detainee Legal Process After years of legal delays, the trial for Osama Bin Laden's former driver began Monday at Guantanamo, marking the first full-scale military tribunal at the base since it opened in 2001. Two legal experts examine the future of the detainee… Continue watching
Jun 18 Report Details Alleged Abuse of Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib Detainees By PBS News Hour The alleged abuse of 11 men, captured by U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and held at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib, is detailed in a report released Wednesday by the advocacy group Physicians for Human Rights. Continue reading
Jun 12 Justices: Terror Suspects May Appeal Detentions By Admin, PBS News Hour The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts, handing a stinging setback to the Bush administration. Continue reading