What’s next for Guantanamo?

I spent the majority of my time last week up on Capitol Hill attending a seminar on intelligence operations and Congress. It was a fascinating seminar put on by the people at the Georgetown Institute. These are great courses (and I encourage any policy governmental employees to check them out) because they get members of [...]

GTMO Detainee gone Insane - can’t appear before the US Tribunals

London, UK (International Herald Tribune: William Glaberson, April 27, 2008) Next month, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a Yemeni who was once a driver for Osama bin Laden, could become the first detainee to be tried for war crimes in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. By now, he should be busily working on his defense.

But his lawyers say he [...]