Comments on: The Dark Heart of the Guantánamo Trials

By: Guantánamo Guard and Ex-Prisoners Meet (via the BBC) « Dandelion Salad

Guantánamo Guard and Ex-Prisoners Meet (via the BBC) « Dandelion Salad — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:53:53 +0000

[...] my email exchange with him, Brandon wrote that he had had discussions with the Australian prisoner David Hicks, but I didn’t know until this week that he had also spoken to the British prisoners — Shafiq [...]

By: Former Guantánamo Prosecutor Loses Job For Criticizing Military Commissions by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:39:09 +0000

[...] the victims of torture over Davis’s objections — can be found, in particular, in my article, “The Dark Heart of the Guantánamo Trials,” but to conclude this account with a concise explanation, it is worth noting the following [...]

By: The Logic of the 9/11 Trials, The Madness of the Military Commissions « Dandelion Salad

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:50:17 +0000

[...] military defense attorneys, and also from a number of prosecutors who resigned, including Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld and the former chief prosecutor, Col. Morris Davis, who all recognized that it was rigged to [...]

By: Ali al-Marri, The Last US “Enemy Combatant,” Receives Eight-Year Sentence + Ali al-Marri’s Statement In Court by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:58:36 +0000

[...] three results after eight years of the Military Commissions — each of which, in various ways, was regarded as compromised or inadequate — it is, frankly, difficult to perceive the logic in the world of [...]

By: Reflections On Mohamed Jawad’s Release From Guantánamo by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:34:05 +0000

[...] in the Commission system that was precipitated in September 2008, when his military prosecutor, Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, resigned, declaring that the Commission system was unable to deliver justice, and explaining how he had gone [...]

By: Guantánamo And The Courts (Part Three): Obama’s Continuing Shame by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:41:06 +0000

[...] had persistently abused Jawad, and although his former prosecutor, Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld (who resigned last September because of his disillusionment with the inability of the Commission system to deliver justice in [...]

By: How Judge Huvelle Humiliated The Government In Guantánamo Case by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:29:31 +0000

[...] including — there is a prosecutor from the military commission [Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld] who quit and wrote a 20-page affidavit. He investigated. They had defense counsel for the military [Maj. [...]

By: As Judge Orders Release Of Tortured Guantánamo Prisoner, Government Refuses To Concede Defeat by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:07:47 +0000

[...] that he had once been a “true believer,” but had ended up feeling “truly deceived,” Lt. Col. Vandeveld explained, as I described it in an article two months ago, that he had come to regard the Commissions as “a [...]

By: Guantánamo And The Courts Part One: Exposing The Bush Administration’s Lies by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:16:36 +0000

[...] in the case of Mohamed Jawad, an Afghan whose story I have been reporting since October 2007 (see here, here, here and here), I have decided to take this opportunity to present a two-part overview of [...]

By: Former Insider Shatters Credibility of Military Commissions by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:58:57 +0000

[...] occasions, sent shockwaves through the Commission system under the Bush administration, when he spectacularly resigned last September, declaring, “I am highly concerned, to the point that I believe I can no longer serve as a [...]