Comments on: An interview with Guantánamo whistleblower Stephen Abraham (Part One)

By: The Last Iraqi In Guantánamo, Cleared Six Years Ago, Returns Home by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 00:53:38 +0000

[...] Guantánamo that he had been seized by mistake. In his Combatant Status Review Tribunal in 2004 (a one-sided administrative review board convened to assess whether, on capture, he had been correctly designated as an “enemy [...]

By: The Black Hole of Guantánamo by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

The Black Hole of Guantánamo by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:17:40 +0000

[...] and Pakistani allies, at a time when substantial bounty payments were being offered, and that the majority of the supposed evidence against the men came from their own interrogations, or those of other prisoners, which were often [...]

By: Justice Department Pointlessly Gags Guantánamo Lawyer « Norcaltruth

Justice Department Pointlessly Gags Guantánamo Lawyer « Norcaltruth — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:50:23 +0000

[...] know this because one of the members of this particular tribunal, Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, a veteran of US intelligence who also compiled the information used in the tribunals, and [...]

By: Justice Department Pointlessly Gags Guantánamo Lawyer by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:40:54 +0000

[...] know this because one of the members of this particular tribunal, Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, a veteran of US intelligence who also compiled the information used in the tribunals, and who [...]

By: Uighur prisoner asks what is the difference between the US constitution and the Communist constitution? by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:27:04 +0000

[...] was 30 when seized, attended his tribunal — one of the Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRTs), deliberately one-side affairs convened in 2004-05 to assess whether the prisoners were “enemy combatants,” who could continue [...]

By: New Book: The Guantánamo Lawyers – and a talk by Jonathan Hafetz by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:32:07 +0000

[...] in their favor, and to an impartial judge. The stakes could not have been more significant and the process more inferior — less, even, than you receive in my hometown of Brooklyn to challenge a parking ticket. The Bush [...]

By: On Guantánamo, Lawmakers Reveal They Are Still Dick Cheney’s Pawns by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:03:25 +0000

[...] an attempt to ignore the impact of the Supreme Court’s ruling, the Bush administration introduced one-sided military tribunals to evaluate the prisoners’ cases, relying on supposed evidence that in fact consisted largely of [...]

By: Is Bagram Obama’s New Secret Prison? by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Is Bagram Obama’s New Secret Prison? by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:59:44 +0000

[...] which were severely criticized by the Supreme Court in Boumediene, and which were also savaged by Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, a veteran of US intelligence who worked on them, who explained, in a series of explosive [...]

By: Bagram Isn’t The New Guantánamo, It’s The Old Guantánamo « freedetainees.org

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:18:43 +0000

[...] tribunals were soundly condemned by former officials who worked on them, including, in particular, Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, who issued a series of explosive statements in [...]

By: Obama And The Deadline For Closing Guantánamo: It’s Worse Than You Think « Dr Nasir Khan

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:17:47 +0000

[...] by the Pentagon — the Combatant Status Review Tribunals — was described by a former insider, Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, as a farce, in which most of the material put forward as evidence was “garbage,” and the [...]