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Khalid Sheik Mohammed To Be Arraigned Tomorrow Before Military Commission Tribunal

The Washington Post reported that Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four alleged 9/11 co-conspirators will be arraigned before Military Commission tribunals tomorrow. The article explains that the “conspiracy case could end up focusing as much on evidence of the suspects' wrongdoing as on the legitimacy of the military commissions themselves, with lawyers challenging their legality, the use of statements obtained via coercive interrogation methods, and rules that allow hearsay evidence.”

ACS resources on this topic are available below the fold.

ACS Issue Briefs and Panel Discussions:

• A 2008 ACS Issue Brief by Anthony Renzo entitled “A Call to Protect Civilian Justice, Beware the Creep of Military Tribunals”
• Video from a 2008 hill briefing on “National Security, Civil Liberties and Tribunals for Detainees,” featuring Marty Lederman, Deborah Pearlstein, Eugene Fidell, and David Rivkin
• Video from a 2008 panel discussion entitled, “Where Do We Go From here? Destruction of the CIA Interrogation Tapes and Oversight of the War on Terror,” with Dan Marcus, Elisa Massimino, David Rivkin, Frederick Schwarz, and Marty Lederman
• A 2007 ACS Issue Brief by Muneer I. Ahmad entitled “Guantanamo is Here: The Military Commissions Act and Noncitizen Vulnerability”
• Video from a 2007 symposium entitled “Building Freedom, Building Security: America’s Challenge for the Next Five Years,” chaired by Senator Gary Hart and Governor Thomas Kean
• Video from a panel discussion at ACS’s 2007 National Convention entitled “Detainee Treatment Under the Military Commissions Act,” featuring Laurence P. Claus, Jeh Charles Johnson, Hina Shamsi, Col. Dwight H. Sullivan, and Thomas P. Sullivan
• Video of Dean Harold Koh addressing ACS’s 2007 National Convention on “Restoring America’s International Standing”
• A 2006 Letter to Members of Congress Explaining Implications of the Hamdan Ruling for NSA Domestic Surveillance Activities (link)
• A blog post entitled “Taking Stock of the Federal Court’s Fitness to Prosecute Terrorism Cases,” by Gabor Rona, International Legal Director, Human Rights First, on June 3, 2008

ACSBlog has also published guest blog posts from Guantanamo. The following are from 2008:

• “The Relevance of Discovery in Trial,” by Sahr MuhammedAlly, Senior Associate with the Law and Security Program, Human Rights First, on May 9, 2008
• “Complex Questions Continue to Hinder Military Commission Progress,” by Sahr MuhammedAlly, Senior Associate with the Law and Security Program, Human Rights First, on May 8, 2008
• “Another Boycott at Guantanamo, Another Test for the Military Commission System,” by Deborah Colson, Senior Associate in the Law and Security Program, Human Rights First, on May 1, 2008
• “Salim Ahmed Hamdan and Col. Morris Davis v. Military Commission System,” by Deborah Colson, Senior Associate in the Law and Security Program, Human Rights First, on April 29, 2008
• “Omar Khadr – How to Treat Juvenile Enemy Combatants,” by Frank Kendell, a volunteer with Human Rights First, on April 15, 2008
• “’I will leave in your hands the camel and all that it carries,’” by Frank Kendell, a volunteer with Human Rights First, on April 14, 2008
• “They clearly never met any military attorneys,” by Frank Kendell, a volunteer with Human Rights First, on April 10, 2008
• “Guantanamo: It All Seems So Normal,” by Frank Kendell, a volunteer with Human Rights First, on April 9, 2008
• “Khadr and al Darbi: Too Late for ‘Speedy’ Trials,” by Kevin Lanigan, Director of Law and Security Program, Human Rights First, on March 17, 2008
• “Jawad Asks for Justice and Fairness; Says Military Commission Trials Are Illegal,” by Kevin Lanigan, Director of Law and Security Program, Human Rights First, on March 14, 2008
• “New Guantanamo Hearings Present Problems for Prosecutors,” by Deborah Colson, Senior Associate in the Law and Security Program, Human Rights First, on February 11, 2008
• “Hamdan Wants Out from Solitary Confinement & Debates on Classified Evidence,” by Deborah Colson, Senior Associate in the Law and Security Program, Human Rights First, on February 7, 2008
• “Four Lessons Learned at Guantanamo Bay,” by Deborah Colson, Senior Associate in the Law and Security Program, Human Rights First, on February 6, 2008
• “En Route to Guantanamo: Mukasey on My Mind,” by Deborah Colson, Senior Associate in the Law and Security Program, Human Rights First, on February 4, 2008

Full post as published by ACS Blog on June 04, 2008 (boomark / email).