User:Geo Swan/Guantanamo/published habeas

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This list was collated by reading through all the pdf files that the Department of Defense published in September 2007 that contained dossiers from captives Combatant Status Review Tribunals, published because they had a writ of habeas corpus submitted on their behalf.

It represents about two dozen hours of work.

Tribunal panels
I tracked which Tribunal panels convened on their behalf. I have another rough list where I track which captives the various Tribunals are known to consider.

Some Tribunal panels, like the one Stephen Abraham sat on, only sate once. Abraham sat on Abdul Al Ghazzawi's first Tribunal, which unanimously determined he was not an enemy combatant. The authorities dissolved this group of officers and Abraham was not allowed to sit on any further panels.

The personality of some of the Presidents came out through the transcripts. One Colonel, a female Army officer, routinely allowed captives whose witnesses were not available, to tell the Tribunal what they thought those witnesses would have testified to. She told captives that some of the less credible allegations because the officers would discount them. When their testimony as to what their witnesses would testify to was convincing she would tell captives the Tribunal would discount some allegations.

Some Tribunal panels were convened in Washington, not Guantanamo -- even though the captives were entitled to be present.