In dismissing a confession in the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole, Col. Lanny J. Acosta Jr. has shaken a foundation of U.S. government cases at the post-9/11 court.
Tag: September 11 (2001)
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Man Accused in 9/11 Plot Is Not Fit to Face Trial, Board Says
The question of Ramzi bin al-Shibh’s sanity has shadowed the case since he first appeared at the Guantánamo court in 2008. A new medical panel report says he has a mental illness making him incompetent for trial.
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C.B.P. Was Created With a Terrorism Focus. Now It Must Also Care for Migrants.
Customs and Border Protection was set up after 9/11 amid the fight against terrorism. Its responsibilities have ballooned with the influx of asylum-seeking migrants crossing the southern border.
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Conditions at Guantánamo Are Cruel and Inhuman, U.N. Investigation Finds
The report was the result of the first visit by an independent human rights investigator to the prison in its two-decade history.