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Nov 12 • 22 tweets • 3 min read
Good morning from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Week 2, day 3 of the 53rd 9/11 pretrial hearing happening now. 🧵 Image Three of four defendants waived right to attend today's session. Mohammad is attending from an adjacent facility.
Nov 11 • 58 tweets • 6 min read
Happy Veterans Day from Guantanamo Bay. Testimony from Dr. Michael Welner continues at the war court. Image Khalid Shaikh Mohammad is the only defendant present today.
Nov 10 • 53 tweets • 6 min read
Good afternoon from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, this rare Sunday hearing on day one of week two of the 53rd 9/11 pretrial hearings. Image We've been feeling light sporadic earthquakes on the island today but no damage or injuries reported here on base. Image
Nov 8 • 68 tweets • 9 min read
Day 2 of the 53rd pre-trial hearing begins soon. After a lengthy review to qualify Dr. Welner as an expert. He will be back on the stand to say the 2007 statements by Mr. al Baluchi were voluntary.

Lurking in the background are the plea agreements with the remaining defendants. Image Of note, SECDEF Austin responded to the ruling from Judge McCall yesterday. He believes he still should be the one to make the decision on whether to accept the pleas.

Nov 7 • 92 tweets • 11 min read
Good morning from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. After a delay because Hurricane Rafael threatened travel last weekend, all legal teams, court staff, and other observers have arrived. The 53rd pre-trial hearing in the 9/11 case will begin soon. Start🧵 Image First reported by @carolrosenberg, Judge McCall ruled that the plea agreements with three of the 9/11 defendants are valid and SECDEF Austin's withdrawal was voided.
Oct 11 • 67 tweets • 9 min read
Good afternoon! In an hour the 9/11 pre-trial hearings will resume after a one-week hiatus and disruption from Hurricane Milton. Today it is expected an attorney representing several major media entities will be arguing a third-party motion in favor unsealing the plea deals. Image The motion, labeled AE 961, was filed collectively by the NY Times, The Washington Post, the AP, Fox News Networks, Univision, and NPR.
Sep 24 • 61 tweets • 8 min read
The 9/11 pre-trial hearings continue this morning. Day 2 of Dr. Thomas Guilmette's testimony will start at 9am. It is expected that Mr. al Baluchi's legal team will cross examine him.

Start 🧵 Image Yesterday, Dr. Guilmette challenged Ammar al Baluchi's mild TBI diagnosis. Yet, he also said Ammar is not malingering.

On the horizon is the motion from several national media organizations requesting the public release of the pre-trial agreements. Image
Sep 23 • 74 tweets • 9 min read
Good morning! Week 2 of the 52nd pre-trial hearings in the 9/11 case starts in about 30 minutes.

There is one scheduled witness for the week, Dr. Thomas Guilmette, who will be testifying for the prosecution. Start 🧵 Image The military commission is called to order by Judge McCall.

Mr. Mohammad is present in the courtroom. No other defendants are present.
Sep 20 • 54 tweets • 7 min read
Good morning from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Last expected day of testimony from Dr. Hanrahan, former Navy psychiatrist who performed an evaluation on Mr. al Baluchi in 2018, will begin at 9am. Start 🧵 Image The military commission left off last night with COL Bearden of the prosecution cross examining the former Navy Commander. Dr. Hanrahan diagnosed Mr. al Baluchi with mild TBI, PTSD, and Post-concussive syndrome.
Sep 18 • 22 tweets • 3 min read
Another day begins in the 9/11 military commissions case here at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Today should be the last day of testimony from WK5I, aka "Dr. 1", the first psychiatrist who met the CIA high value detainees when they arrived on the island in 2006.

Start🧵 Image Around the courtroom, all is not well with a foreign NGO observer. @carolrosenberg is watching the situation.
Sep 17 • 43 tweets • 6 min read
Day 2 of the 52nd pre-trial hearings continues today at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The 9/11 military commissions case will continue with the psychiatrist addressed by the unique identifier, WK5I, on the witness stand. Start🧵 Image It is expected that cross examination by counsel for Mr. al Baluchi will conclude in open session this morning. The afternoon will be in a closed session.

The military commission will start at 9am.
Sep 16 • 75 tweets • 10 min read
Good morning! The 52nd pre-trial hearing in the 9/11 trials is set to begin again today. The return of the prosecution and defense teams will look different this time. The courtroom proceedings will open at 9am. A short 30 minutes from now. Start🧵 Image To bring everyone up to speed, on August 2, only two days after the plea agreements were announced, Secretary of Defense Austin revoked the plea deals for the three defendants who had signed.
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.