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"‘Enemy combatant’ held at Guantánamo petitions for release because war is over," by Ed Pilkington, The Guardian, December 03, 2021
"Lawyers For Accused 9/11 Plotters Say Public Knows More About The Men's Torture Than They Do," by Margot Williams, The Intercept, November 28, 2021
"Guantánamo Bay: Beyond the Prison," by Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, November 26, 2021
"F.B.I. Agents Became C.I.A. Operatives in Secret Overseas Prisons," by Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, November 19, 2021
"Supreme Court to hear arguments on FBI's surveillance of mosques," by Nina Totenberg, NPR, November 08, 2021
"Some Sept. 11 Trial Secrets May Not Be Secrets Anymore," by Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, November 05, 2021
"U.S. Military Jury Condemns Terrorist’s Torture and Urges Clemency," by Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, October 31, 2021
"Sentencing of terror suspect pushes a Guantánamo case toward rare conclusion," by Missy Ryan and Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, October 28, 2021
"For First Time in Public, a Detainee Describes Torture at C.I.A. Black Sites," by Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, October 28, 2021
"Ninth Circuit bows out of NSA spying case," by Maria Dinzeo, Courthouse News Service, October 26, 2021
"What Comes Next After a Guantanamo Detainee’s Habeas Win," by Tess Bridgeman, Just Security, October 21, 2021
"Detention of an Afghan at Guantánamo Bay Is Ruled Unlawful," by Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, October 20, 2021
"DOJ says Guantanamo detainee can testify about his CIA torture," by Joseph Choi, The Hill, October 18, 2021
"Prisoners cleared for transfer remain stuck in the military prison at Guantánamo," by Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, October 16, 2021
"A Guantanamo Detainee’s Case Has Been Languishing Without Action Since 2008. The Supreme Court Wants to Know Why.," by Raymond Bonner, ProPublica, October 07, 2021
