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Miami Herald
February 26, 2018
The judge in the Sept. 11 terror case said in court Monday that he would order Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis to explain in writing why he suddenly fired the top official overseeing the war court. Defense attorneys in the case are calling the dismissal foul play, in part because some had been hopeful ofÃÂ ...
Miami Herald
February 20, 2018
Here is the full response of Navy Cmdr. Sarah Higgins, spokeswoman for Detainee Affairs and the Office of Military Commissions, to a Feb. 20, 2018, query from the Miami Herald: “Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al Darbi's transfer from Guantanamo detention to Saudi Arabia will not take place today.
New York Times
February 16, 2018
On Thursday, Colonel Spath questioned Paul S. Koffsky, a senior civilian Pentagon lawyer who oversees the office of military commissions defense lawyers. Mr. Koffsky told the judge that he only writes performance appraisals and does not tell defense lawyers what to do, and had not read the filings aboutÃÂ ...
Miami Herald
February 5, 2018
... as the Deputy Legal Advisor to the Convening Authority and van Dalen was previously an assistant legal advisor to the Convening Authority. These personnel actions do not impact ongoing OMC hearings and proceedings. Tom Crosson, Pentagon spokesman. (OMC=Office of Military Commissions)ÃÂ ...
Lawfare (blog)
January 17, 2018
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NBCNews.com
November 22, 2017
On Tuesday the Defense Department Office of Military Commissions Convening Authority issued its ruling, finding against Baker and upholding the contempt of court ruling. advertisement. As part of the decision, the Convening Authority recommended Joint Task Force Guantanamo designate or build aÃÂ ...
Lawfare (blog)
November 22, 2017
Add one more to the tally of collateral proceedings arising out of United States v. al-Nashiri. On Nov. 20, Stephen Gill, formerly an attorney in the Office of the Convening Authority for the Office of Military Commissions, filed administrative claims pursuant to the Federal Torts Claims Act (FTCA) against theÃÂ ...
Miami Herald
October 31, 2017
In rapid succession Tuesday, a Marine general refused to testify and refused to rescind an order releasing three civilian defense lawyers, a Navy defense attorney refused to file pleadings and a military judge scheduled a contempt hearing in the USS Cole death-penalty case. All were firsts at the war courtÃÂ ...
Lawfare (blog)
October 3, 2017
The Supreme Court's October term 2017 may be shaping up to be the year that finally brings some answers to several enduring questions surrounding the military commissions. On Thursday, the court granted certiorari in three cases–Dalmazzi v. United States, consolidated with Cox v. United States andÃÂ ...
Lawfare (blog)
September 1, 2017
The military commissions were busy last week in the case against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid bin Attash, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Ammar al-Baluchi (referred to as Aziz Ali), and Mustafa Ahmad al Hawsawi, commonly known as the 9/11 Five. Over the past few months, Lawfare has worked with a newÃÂ ...
Lawfare (blog)
September 1, 2017
The military commissions were busy last week in the case against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid bin Attash, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Ammar al-Baluchi (referred to as Aziz Ali), and Mustafa Ahmad al Hawsawi, commonly known as the 9/11 Five. Over the past few months, Lawfare has worked with a newÃÂ ...
Human Rights First (blog)
August 30, 2017
The Office of Military Commissions (OMC) informed me that I was approved for travel and should await a follow-up email from my escort with documents and instructions. That email never came, and when I contacted the OMC they first told me to wait longer, and then stopped responding all together.
Miami Herald
July 31, 2017
Ben Sakrisson said by email that Monday was “the first time” that the Office of Military Commissions “did not have the public and media CCTV sites in CONUS open,” using the acronyms for closed circuit television and the continental United States. “But it is also the first time we have had a week of courtÃÂ ...
Human Rights First (blog)
July 7, 2017
The Office of Military Commissions, which coordinates observer attendance, had decided that the NGO visits were an unnecessary expense for this particular hearing, despite their participation in nearly all hearings historically. NGOs were not even notified it was taking place. This is not the only recentÃÂ ...
Lawfare (blog)
July 7, 2017
Military Commissions Deputy Chief Prosecutor Robert C. Moscati issued this statement yesterday on developments in United States v. Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al-Darbi. Today's pre-sentencing hearing has been moved to the afternoon; Carol Rosenberg reports this is to accommodate AttorneyÃÂ ...
Homeland Preparedness News
December 31, 1999
O'Callaghan and Donoghue expressed appreciation to the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force, the Department of Justice's Office of International Affairs, the Department of Defense Army investigators, the Office of Military Commissions, the Italian Ministry of Justice, the Prosecutor's Office in Palermo, Italy, theÃÂ ...
Lawfare (blog)
December 31, 1999
Yesterday, U.S. officials indicated that Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed al-Darbi's repatriation to his native Saudi Arabia to serve the remainder of his sentence would be delayed past the Feb. 20 deadline set forth in his 2014 plea agreement. The full statement by the spokesperson for the Office of MilitaryÃÂ ...
Miami Herald
December 31, 1999
Matthew van Dalen, the acting chief of staff at the office of military commissions — as well as the acting legal adviser in the Nashiri case — as saying the audio recordings “contain information that is classified” and not available for the public to see “in the interest of national security.” The rejection letter didÃÂ ...
Miami Herald
October 31, 2017
In rapid succession Tuesday, a Marine general refused to testify and refused to rescind an order releasing three civilian defense lawyers, ...
Lawfare (blog)
October 3, 2017
The Supreme Court's October term 2017 may be shaping up to be the year that finally brings some answers to several enduring questions ...
Lawfare (blog)
October 3, 2017
The Supreme Court's October term 2017 may be shaping up to be the year that finally brings some answers to several enduring questions ...
Lawfare (blog)
September 1, 2017
The military commissions were busy last week in the case against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid bin Attash, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Ammar ...
Human Rights First (blog)
August 30, 2017
The Office of Military Commissions (OMC) informed me that I was approved for travel and should await a follow-up email from my escort with ...
Miami Herald
July 31, 2017
Ben Sakrisson said by email that Monday was “the first time” that the Office of Military Commissions “did not have the public and media CCTVÂ ...
McClatchy Washington Bureau
July 31, 2017
The prison commander whose new bay crossing fast boat policy prompted the Sept. 11 judge to suspend future pretrial hearings said Sunday ...
Human Rights First (blog)
July 7, 2017
The Office of Military Commissions, which coordinates observer attendance, had decided that the NGO visits were an unnecessary expense for ...
Lawfare (blog)
July 7, 2017
Military Commissions Deputy Chief Prosecutor Robert C. Moscati issued this statement yesterday on developments in United States v. Ahmed ...
Lawfare (blog)
March 10, 2017
As our readers know, we rely on transcripts provided by the Office of Military Commissions to provide our coverage. Unfortunately, the ...
Lawfare (blog)
October 25, 2016
Gill turns to his complaints about Mark Toole, deputy legal advisor at the Office of the Convening Authority for the Office of Military Commissions ...
Lawfare (blog)
October 21, 2016
Gill spoke with the Office of Military Commissions in D.C. this morning, letting them know that he'll be traveling today to attend a military funeral ...
Lawfare (blog)
October 19, 2016
... returns to hear testimony from Mark Toole, deputy legal advisor at the Office of the Convening Authority for the Office of Military Commissions.
DOTmed.com
December 31, 1999
... the Office of Military Commissions, informed defense counsel September 27 – thus responding to the Guantanamo war court judge's order for ...
Lawfare (blog)
August 30, 2017
It's official: After first announcing that transgender persons would be barred from serving in the military via three tweets last month, PresidentÃÂ ...
Human Rights First (blog)
August 30, 2017
The Office of Military Commissions (OMC) informed me that I was approved for travel and should await a follow-up email from my escort withÃÂ ...
Lawfare (blog)
August 2, 2017
... of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he previously interned in the Office of the Chief Prosecutor in the Office of Military Commissions.
Foreign Policy (blog)
August 2, 2017
... of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he previously interned in the Office of the Chief Prosecutor in the Office of Military Commissions.
Miami Herald
August 1, 2017
Ben Sakrisson said by email that Monday was “the first time” that the Office of Military Commissions “did not have the public and media CCTVÃÂ ...
McClatchy Washington Bureau
July 31, 2017
The prison commander whose new bay crossing fast boat policy prompted the Sept. 11 judge to suspend future pretrial hearings said SundayÃÂ ...
Miami Herald
July 31, 2017
The prison commander whose new bay crossing fast boat policy prompted the Sept. 11 judge to suspend future pretrial hearings said SundayÃÂ ...
Human Rights First (blog)
July 14, 2017
The second time, the office of military commissions failed to process my paperwork in time. After all that buildup, the five-day trip to Gitmo wasÃÂ ...
Human Rights First (blog)
July 7, 2017
The Office of Military Commissions, which coordinates observer attendance, had decided that the NGO visits were an unnecessary expense forÃÂ ...
Lawfare (blog)
July 7, 2017
Military Commissions Deputy Chief Prosecutor Robert C. Moscati issued this statement yesterday on developments in United States v. AhmedÃÂ ...
Miami Herald
June 28, 2017
Pentagon prosecutors do not intend to seek the death penalty at the proposed war crimes trial of the alleged architect of the Bali bombing inÃÂ ...
Miami Herald
May 25, 2017
The Office of Military Commissions, which runs the site called Camp Justice, has no full-time “environment, safety and health position” toÃÂ ...
Lawfare (blog)
October 25, 2016
Gill turns to his complaints about Mark Toole, deputy legal advisor at the Office of the Convening Authority for the Office of Military CommissionsÃÂ ...
Lawfare (blog)
October 21, 2016
Gill spoke with the Office of Military Commissions in D.C. this morning, letting them know that he'll be traveling today to attend a military funeralÃÂ ...
Lawfare (blog)
October 19, 2016
... returns to hear testimony from Mark Toole, deputy legal advisor at the Office of the Convening Authority for the Office of Military Commissions.
Lawfare (blog)
March 16, 2017
Editor's Note: This post has been updated with a paragraph concluding the day's coverage, as the transcript for the last session of the court's March 13th hearings was originally not available on the Office of Military Commissions website. ***. Monday ...
Lawfare (blog)
March 12, 2017
Editor's Note: Our military commissions coverage will be out of order this week due to difficulties in accessing transcripts from the Office of Military Commissions website. As such, coverage for Wednesday, March 8th has been published before coverage ...
Lawfare (blog)
March 10, 2017
Lawfare would like to apologize for the delay in our military commissions coverage this week. As our readers know, we rely on transcripts provided by the Office of Military Commissions to provide our coverage. Unfortunately, the transcripts posted for ...
