Links to updated Military Commission Observation Project Briefing Books are forthcoming!

These Briefing Books will help prepare you to observe or monitor hearings or trials at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba or Ft. Meade, Maryland.

The materials include background information on the particular legal  matter as well as useful checklists for you to use when you are on-site at Guantanamo Bay or Fort Meade.

• Briefing Book # 1:   General Information about the Military Commissions, Discussion of Trial Observation, Information about the Right to a Fair Trial, Sources of Controlling International and Domestic Law.  See Research and Resources for these resources at this time.

• Briefing Book # 2:   The 9-11 Case (Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, et al.)

• Briefing Book # 3:   The U.S.S. Cole Case (al Nashiri)

• Briefing Book # 4:   U.S. v Abd Al-Hadi

Additional general background materials are found on the Gitmo Observer’s Research and Resources page.