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Aug 8 • 67 tweets • 9 min read
Good morning from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The 3rd day of the 4th week of the 51st 9/11 pretrial hearings called to order. 🧵 Image Catch up with what happened yesterday with @EllenKnickmeyer's reporting: apnews.com/article/911-gu…
Aug 7 • 99 tweets • 12 min read
Good morning from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The 2nd day of the 4th week of the 51st 9/11 pretrial hearings was scheduled to begin at 0900 but is experiencing an unspecified delay. 🧵 Image Today will be the first public hearing since Secretary Austin revoked plea agreements signed by three of the defendants and the Convening Authority who oversees the Military Commissions.
Aug 6 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Good morning from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The first day of the fourth week of the 51st 9/11 pretrial hearings is on a 2 hour delay, now expected to begin at 11.🧵 Image Today's delay is to allow defendant Khallad bin Atash time to meet with his counsel before the hearing begins. Yesterday's hearing was cancelled due to COVID at Camp 5.
Aug 1 • 87 tweets • 9 min read
Good morning from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The 51st 9/11 pretrial hearing continues following yesterday's announcement of plea agreements for three of the five men charged. Image Background from @carolrosenberg here: nytimes.com/2024/07/31/us/…
Jul 19 • 33 tweets • 4 min read
Happy Friday from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Day 5, week 1 of the 51st 9/11 pretrial hearing begins at 9am. After a long day that ended closer to 9pm, the commission will open after a 12-hour recess. Start🧵 Dr. Bruce Jessen will be on the witness stand for the last day of his availability. The prosecution finished their cross examination in the evening yesterday. Up next is any redirect examination.
Jul 18 • 66 tweets • 8 min read
Good afternoon! The closed classified session has finished. The military commission will return at 5pm for a session open to the public.
It is expected that the prosecution will cross examine Dr. Bruce Jessen. Stand by for an evening edition of the 9/11 pretial hearings. Start🧵 Image One more hour before the military commission is called to order.
There is news that potentially involves a Gitmo detainee. The Taliban and the U.S. are in talks for prisoner swaps. independent.co.uk/asia/south-asi…
Jul 17 • 91 tweets • 12 min read
Day 3, week 1 of the 51st pre-trial hearings continues today. Bruce Jessen, former CIA contractor and architect of the RDI program's EIT, will be back on the stand. It will begin at 9am. Start🧵 Image "Commission is called to order." Judge McCall has entered. Each party is reading off who is present.
Jul 16 • 85 tweets • 11 min read
Greetings from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. Day 2 of Bruce Jessen testimony will begin at 9am today. Jessen spent a good portion yesterday defending his work and blaming the CIA for using different "protocol" and misunderstanding "learned helplessness." Start🧵 Image It almost seemed as if there were two RDI programs run by the CIA. @jeff_kaye, a retired psychologist, has expressed this conclusion before. Read his article here: jeff-kaye.medium.com/revealed-there…
Jul 15 • 61 tweets • 8 min read
Good morning from Guantanamo Bay! The 9/11 military commission's 51st pre-trial hearing is slated to begin at 10am. After a significant delay of several years, Bruce Jessen, an architect of the CIA's torture program, is continuing his testimony this week. Start🧵 Image Jessen was last seen in 2020, right before the COVID-19 pause. Defense teams were in the middle of questioning his involvement in theorizing and then implementing interrogation techniques of the defendants.
May 17 • 34 tweets • 6 min read
Today is the final day of the 50th 9/11 pretrial hearings. 🧵 Image None of the four defendants are in the courtroom today but @BaluchiGitmo is located in an 'adjacent facility' where he can observe the proceedings.
May 16 • 30 tweets • 3 min read
The fourth day of the fifth week of the 50th 9/11 pretrial hearings is called to order. 🧵 Image None of the four defendants are present in the courtroom but Ammar al Baluchi is observing via CCTV from an 'adjacent facility.'
May 15 • 72 tweets • 7 min read
Good morning from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba this 3rd day of the 5th week of the 50th 9/11 pretrial hearings. 🧵 Image We're expecting testimony from former NCIS Special Agent Robert McFadden. Catch up on @lawdragon's coverage of McFadden's testimony in Nashiri here: lawdragon.com/news-features/…
May 14 • 38 tweets • 5 min read
Good morning from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The 9/11 pretrial hearings continue 🧵 Image None of the four defendants are present in the courtroom this morning. @BaluchiGitmo is listening from an 'adjacent facility.'
May 13 • 49 tweets • 5 min read
Good morning from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, this first day of the fifth and final week of the 50th 9/11 pretrial hearings. 🧵 Image Check out @nytimes @carolrosenberg's Trial Guide here: nytimes.com/article/septem…
May 10 • 39 tweets • 5 min read
Good morning from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The 9/11 Military Commission will open today at 9am. Yesterday, the parties finished their examination of Dr. Morgan in a closed session. Start 🧵 Today, in a change of the schedule, no witness will be on the stand and instead a few oral arguments on pending motions.
May 9 • 45 tweets • 7 min read
Good morning from Guantanamo Bay. Dr. Morgan, forensic psychiatrist who studied SERE students and worked in the CIA, is now entering his 4th day on the witness stand. Start 🧵 Image Two things have dropped this morning both concerning a former detainee. First, an interview with Majid Khan, former Gitmo detainee who was released last year.
nytimes.com/2024/05/09/us/…
May 8 • 97 tweets • 13 min read
Hello! The third day of testimony from Dr. Morgan will begin at the top of the hour. Last night ended in the middle of cross examination from the prosecution. Start 🧵 Image The Military Commission will be in an open session hearing and will likely move over to a closed, classified hearing sometime today.
In the meantime, read @lisahajjar for a different perspective on yesterday's testimony.
May 7 • 118 tweets • 15 min read
Another morning at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for the 9/11 Military Commission hearings. Dr. Morgan will return to the witness stand. Image Yesterday he was qualified as an expert on forensic psychiatry and provided testimony related to his studies on stress and memory and compared them to Mitchell and Jessen's goals for the RDI program.
May 6 • 106 tweets • 15 min read
Good morning! Week 4 of the 9/11 pretrial hearings begins at the top of the hour. Dr. Morgan, a forensic psychiatrist with a background in studying PTSD, is expecting to take the stand in support of the Defense. Start 🧵 Image Here at the camp @carolrosenberg is dealing with obstacles to report on this and another proceeding happening today.
May 2 • 77 tweets • 11 min read
Another day of hearings hear at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Reminder that today's hearings open at 10am. Former FBI Agent Aaron Zebley is expected to testify today. Begin 🧵 Image To catch up on some of the proceedings, read this NY Times report on the motion to dismiss due to unlawful influence. nytimes.com/2024/05/01/us/…
May 1 • 70 tweets • 9 min read
Day 3, Week 3 of the 50th pre-trial hearings for the 9/11 Military Commissions starts in 30 minutes. Mr. Kohlmann is expected to return to the stand. Begin 🧵 Image The Military Commission is called to order. None of the defendants are present.