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unusual facts about Office of Military Commissions



Jabran al-Qahtani

On 21 October 2008, Susan J. Crawford, the Bush official in charge of convening the Office of Military Commissions, announced that the charges were dropped against Jabran Al Qahtani and four other captives, Binyam Mohamed, Ghassan al Sharbi, Sufyian Barhoumi, and Noor Uthman Muhammed.

Military Commissions Act of 2009

On December 3, 2009, Carol Rosenberg, of the Miami Herald, reported on a hearing before Lieutenant Colonel Nancy Paul, the Presiding Officer of the Military Commission for US v. Al Qosi. She wrote that Paul was the first Presiding Officer to address the implications of the new act.


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Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari

Lieutenant Colonel Barry Wingard lead attorney from the Office of Military Commissions, published an article about citing hearsey evidence against his client.

Thomas Hartmann

Thomas W. Hartmann, 2nd Legal Adviser to the Convening Authority in the Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions