The Division of Protection invitations media to cowl a pre-sentencing listening to within the case of United States v. Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, scheduled for Feb. 13-17, 2023. The defendant entered a responsible plea in June of 2022.
The proceedings will probably be carried out on the Expeditionary Authorized Complicated positioned in Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NSGB) Cuba and transmitted to a closed circuit tv website at Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Media could select to journey to NSGB if agreeable to protection window and keen to pay flight payment related ($800).
Protection home windows:
- Depart Joint Base Andrews in Maryland (JBA) to NSGB on Saturday, Feb. 11.
- Return from NSGB to JBA on Saturday, Feb. 18.
Media members ought to be aware the first function of this invitation is to cowl the army commissions. Excursions of the detention services aren’t obtainable. Requests for reporting on Guantanamo subjects unrelated to the army commissions—such because the naval base services or personnel—should be coordinated prematurely by means of the respective public officer.
Registration: Click on here for registration and choose the suitable case and dates as outlined above.
Deadline: All requests should be acquired no later than 4 p.m. EST, Thursday Dec. 8.
Extra particulars of journey logistics and COVID procedures will probably be supplied individually. By submitting the web request type, media will start the journey course of and respective OMC PAOs will probably be in contact to help in journey preparations.
Media wanting to view this listening to from Fort Meade should ship their requests by way of e mail to osd.mc-alex.OMC.mbx.omc-pa@mail.mil with e-mail topic line matching the court docket case and relevant media data: title, place, sponsoring group and phone information.
Media could contact Lt. Cmdr. Adam Cole for extra questions at adam.r.cole6.mil@mail.mil or 571-372-8934.
Case data could be seen on the Office of Military Commissions website.