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A year later, a postscript: The Army has finally hung a portrait of Pvt. Fitz Lee, Buffalo Soldier, at the rebranded Fort Lee in Virginia. Here’s my article on Fitz and the Trump administration program that restored Confederate names to U.S. bases. Next: The portrait.

The Mysterious Life and Afterlife of Private Fitz Lee (Gift Article)For more than a century, this Black soldier from Virginia was remembered by nearly no one. Then this year, someone at the Pentagon found a use for him.www.nytimes.com

Latest: We've updated The Times' unrivaled resource on the war on terrorism detainees who have done time at Guantanamo Bay -- those still there and the men and boys who were held there before. A Sudanese man who was repatriated in 2007 passed away earlier this year. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The Guantánamo DocketSince 2002, roughly 780 detainees have been held at the American military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Fifteen remain.www.nytimes.com

Latest: The military judge in the long running Sept. 11 case has canceled the August session at Guantánamo Bay. The next pretrial hearing in the case is scheduled for Sept. 28, meaning four men who are accused of conspiring in the attacks won’t be going to court before the 25th anniversary of 9/11.

The Supreme Court has signaled that Justice Brett Kavanaugh won't be part of the discussion on whether to take up this Guantanamo case. At issue: Whether the D.C. Circuit got it wrong when it sided with former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in cancelling the 9/11 case plea deals.

Obituary: Judge Rosemary Collyer, who ordered an unprecedented Mixed Medical Commission for a mentally ill Guantanamo prisoner* and ruled on other big national security cases. (He was repatriated; the panel was never formed.) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...

Cancelled: The first week of the August pretrial session in the Bali bombing case. The judge will hold a shortened hearing at Guantanamo Aug. 10-14. The Times guide. www.nytimes.com/2023/07/10/u...

Trial Guide: The Jemaah Islamiyah Case at Guantánamo Bay (Published 2023)www.nytimes.com

Life (and death) after Guantánamo Bay…

Tariq El Sawah, Guantánamo Prisoner Sent to Bosnia, Dies at 68www.nytimes.com

Scoop: My sources tell me that the lead 9/11 case prosecutor Clay Trivett will also become lead prosecutor in the USS Cole case when it goes to trial, scheduled for later this year.

Trial Guide: The Cole Bombing Case at Guantánamo Baywww.nytimes.com

Updated... Our guide to Guantanamo's longest running capital case, with the latest jury selection date: Oct. 19. I'm hearing there's a plan to pick the jury by Thanksgiving and then start the trial in the new year.

Trial Guide: The Cole Bombing Case at Guantánamo Baywww.nytimes.com

Exclusive: How a prisoner ended up alone in the war court in a death penalty case at Guantanamo Bay. --A look back at a most unusual pretrial hearing in the long-drawn-out 9/11 case at the place the Pentagon calls Camp Justice. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/u...

How a Prisoner Ended Up Alone in Court in a Death Penalty Casewww.nytimes.com

Here we go again. Today is the start of the 2026 hurricane season. Time to keep an eye on #nhc-atlantic.extwitter.link and www.nhc.noaa.gov

Our report on an unusual, high-level meeting between the Cuban and U.S. military at Guantánamo Bay. Local base and Cuban commanders held monthly meetings on Fridays near a break in the minefield for years until the Trump administration abandoned them in 2025. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/u...

U.S. and Cuban Military Officials Meet Outside of Guantánamo Basewww.nytimes.com

Reupping this look at life at Guantanamo Navy base, untouched by the oil embargo, in light of yesterday's fenceline meeting.

As Trump Squeezes Cuba, U.S. Military Exists in a Bubblewww.nytimes.com

The Sept. 11 case is at a crossroads, with the military judge now grappling with a key question that has slowed the path to the someday death penalty trial. A look at a moment of truth confronting the faraway court at Guantanamo Bay. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/u...

Judge to Decide How Long Torture’s Taint Infected the Sept. 11 Casewww.nytimes.com

Following the money: I was trying to figure out an aspect of funding for the Guantanamo war court and came across this overly optimistic portion of the Pentagon comptroller's request for FY 2027.

The Times puts a spotlight on the former Guantanamo defense lawyer who now works for NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/n...

He Sued the N.Y.P.D. He Advised ‘Homeland.’ Now He’s Mamdani’s Lawyer.www.nytimes.com

Summer recess has come early to the war court at Guantanamo Bay. I round up the cancellations and what to watch in this posting here: www.linkedin.com/posts/carolr...

UPDATE: Summer recess has come early to Camp Justice at Guantanamo Bay, even before the start of the unpredictable hurricane season in the Atlantic. Here I am consolidating a series of updates in… | C...UPDATE: Summer recess has come early to Camp Justice at Guantanamo Bay, even before the start of the unpredictable hurricane season in the Atlantic. Here I am consolidating a series of updates in rece...www.linkedin.com

Update: I’m told the military judge has canceled the June and July pretrial hearings in the 9/11 case at Guantanamo Bay. He had signaled his intent to do this to focus on the admissibility of three key confessions, a crossroads moment for the capital case. www.nytimes.com/article/sept...

Trial Guide: The Sept. 11 Case at Guantánamo Baywww.nytimes.com

Scoop: The judge in the USS Cole bombing case has ordered a physical health assessment at Guantánamo Bay of the accused plotter, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, to determine the prisoner's ability to participate in the envisioned six-month-long capital trial. Some background in here:

Judge Again Delays Guantánamo’s First Death-Penalty Terror Trialwww.nytimes.com

Good morning from the Pentagon, where I’ll be watching a video feed of Day 8 of the pretrial hearings in the 9/11 case at Guantánamo Bay on a 40-second national security delay. Here’s our updated trial guide, with the latest personnel change. www.nytimes.com/article/sept...

Trial Guide: The Sept. 11 Case at Guantánamo Baywww.nytimes.com