Court Holds DOJ in Contempt for Failing to Videotape Gitmo Detainee’s Testimony

In an unusual move by a federal district court, Judge Gladys Kessler of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., today issued an order (PDF) holding the government in contempt of court for failing to videotape the testimony of a Guantanamo detainee last summer.

Mohammed Al-Adahi testified in June More…

Obama Administration Appeals Judge’s Order to Relase Gitmo Detainee

Last month, a federal court judge ordered the Defense Department to release a 47-year-old father of two with a heart condition who the court ruled had been imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for the past seven years without justification.

On Monday, the Obama administration said it plans to appeal More…

Obama Defies Federal Courts in Holding Yemeni Detainees

On Monday a federal court judge ordered the Department of Defense to release a 47-year-old father of two with a heart condition who it has imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for the past seven years without justification. But like the other Yemeni men cleared for release but still held at the More…