The federal trial of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman with alleged ties to al-Qaeda, began in New York. Siddiqui denies the charges and says she was tortured at Bagram air base.
The US Department of Justice announced that four men have been charged in connection with the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and an attempted attack on a Danish newspaper.
Lawyers for former Guantánamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani argued that the charges against their client should be dismissed on the basis that he was denied his right to a speedy trial.
Col. Morris Davis, ex-prosecutor for the Gitmo military commissions, is suing the Library of Congress, charging he was terminated due to his public stance against the commissions.
The Justice Department has decided on a military prosecution for Afghan Guantánamo Bay detainee Obaidullah, the sixth Gitmo detainee to have his case referred for military trial.
One in five detainees freed from the US military prison at Guantánamo Bay have returned to terrorist activities, according to a new Pentagon report.
The Fourth Circuit appeals court upheld the conviction and life term of accused 9-11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui, rejecting his lawyers’ request that his guilty plea be withdrawn.
Obama’s new declassification order sets new standards for treatment of “national security” information and establishes a “National Declassification Center” to oversee the backlog.
The military prison at Guantánamo Bay may have to remain open until 2011 to allow an Illinois prison time to prepare for the arrival of the detainees, reports indicate.
A federal judge in Washington DC granted Yemeni Guantánamo Bay detainee Saeed Hatim’s petition for habeas corpus, ordering his release.
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia denied Yemeni Guantánamo Bay detainee Musa’ab Al-Madhwani’s petition for habeas corpus.
The US Supreme Court declined to hear a lawsuit by four UK citizens and former Guantánamo Bay detainees against former US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other US officials.
