June 10, 2020
ANNOUNCING THE PACIFIC COUNCIL MAGAZINE

The Pacific Council has launched a new platform for our member-written commentary and analysis. We are unveiling the Pacific Council Magazine, where you can find pieces written by our members on local-to-global topics, plus member spotlights and recaps and recordings from our events. Bookmark the new Pacific Council Magazine at pacificcouncil.online.

All previously published Newsroom articles are available below in the Newsroom Archive.

Please note that all upcoming events will still appear at our main website, pacificcouncil.org, or by visiting the Activities menu above.

Janet Hamlin

April 22, 2020
Challenging the Convening Authority at Guantánamo Bay

As part of the Pacific Council’s GTMO Observer Program, Lynn Ta traveled to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to attend the pre-trial proceedings involving the U.S. prosecution against Majid Shoukat Khan. Read her Observer Dispatch.

April 10, 2020
Relationship Advice from Guantánamo Bay

As part of the Pacific Council’s GTMO Observer Program, Adam Barry traveled to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to attend the pre-trial proceedings involving the U.S. prosecution against Khalid Shaikh Mohammad and others accused of carrying out the 9/11 attacks. Read his Observer Dispatch.

March 31, 2020
Navigating Issues of Secrecy and National Security at GTMO

As part of the Pacific Council’s GTMO Observer Program, Gabriel Beugelmans traveled to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to attend the pre-trial proceedings involving the U.S. prosecution against Khalid Shaikh Mohammad and others accused of carrying out the 9/11 attacks. Read his Observer Dispatch.

Janet Hamlin

March 13, 2020
GTMO Observer Dispatch: 9/11 Attacker Trials and Torture

As part of the Pacific Council’s GTMO Observer Program, Les Lo Baugh, Jr., traveled to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to attend the pre-trial proceedings involving the U.S. prosecution against Khalid Shaikh Mohammad and others accused of carrying out the 9/11 attacks. Read his Observer Dispatch.

February 26, 2020
GTMO Observer Dispatch: U.S. vs. Al-Nashiri

As part of the Pacific Council’s GTMO Observer Program, Philip Recht traveled to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to attend the pre-trial proceedings involving the U.S. prosecution against Abd Al Rahim Hussayn Muhammad Al-Nashiri, the alleged orchestrator of the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000. Read his Observer Dispatch.

February 5, 2020
Interrogating the Interrogator at Guantánamo Bay

As part of the Pacific Council’s GTMO Observer Program, Mary Ann Walker traveled to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to attend the 9/11 military pre-trial hearing of alleged plotter and mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammad and four others charged with assisting in the 9/11 attacks, where she heard testimony from the architect of the CIA’s "enhanced interrogation techniques." Read her Observer Dispatch.

September 25, 2019
Dispatch from GTMO Hearing on 9/11 Anniversary

Pacific Council member Andrew Boyle reports on his observations of the military commission hearings of the 9/11 attackers in Guantánamo Bay on the 18th anniversary of the attacks.

October 2, 2018
How to Propel the Guantánamo Cases to Trial

To get the Guantánamo cases to trial, Congress should implement two pragmatic, nonpolitical measures: federal judges should be sent to GTMO and those judges should be given expanded powers, writes Robert C. Bonner.

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