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"Canadian formerly held at Guantanamo seeks to erase terrorism conviction," by Kalvis Golde, SCOTUSblog, May 02, 2024
"Prosecutor Says Sept. 11 Suspects Can Be Held Past War Crimes Sentence," by Carol Rosenberg, The New York Times, April 24, 2024
"The Guantánamo Spy Who Wasn’t," by Tamara Audi, New York Times, April 04, 2024
"Lost Witnesses and Faded Memories Impede Progress in Sept. 11 Case," by Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, February 23, 2024
"Long-Serving Prosecutor Quits Sept. 11 Case at Guantánamo Bay," by Carol Rosenberg, The New York Times, February 08, 2024
"Malaysian Prisoners Plead Guilty to Conspiring in 2002 Bali Bombing," by Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, January 16, 2024
"Guantánamo Bay is still open. This week, pressure ramped up to close it," by Sacha Pfeiffer, Christopher Intagliata, Gus Contreras, and Emma Klein, NPR, January 11, 2024
"Lawyers Expand Legal Fight for Longest-Held Prisoner of War on Terrorism," by Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, October 04, 2023
"Man Accused of Leading 9/11 Plot Was Denied a Lawyer, Then Confessed," by Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, September 27, 2023
"A panel finds torture made a 9/11 defendant psychotic. A judge will rule whether he can stand trial," by Ellen Knickmeyer, AP News, September 20, 2023
"Biden Rejects Proposed Conditions for Plea Deals in Sept. 11 Case," by Charlie Savage and Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, September 06, 2023
"Judge Throws Out Confession of Bombing Suspect as Derived From Torture," by Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, August 18, 2023
"Will Gitmo always be with us? The Forever War's forever legacy," by Karen J. Greenberg, Salon, August 13, 2023
"Court Rejects New Sentencing for Al Qaeda Recruiter," by Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, July 26, 2023
"Despite U.S. Guarantee, Guantánamo Prisoner Released to Algeria Immediately Imprisoned and Abused," by Elise Swain, The Intercept, July 26, 2023