by Paige Leskin | Mar 19, 2015 | Education
By Paige Leskin WASHINGTON — Nearly two years have passed with no resolution of a complaint 22-year-old Olivia Ortiz filed with the Department of Education about how the University of Chicago handled her sexual assault report. When Ortiz reported her assault to...
by Paige Leskin | Mar 13, 2015 | National Security
By Tyler Pager and Paige Leskin GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Only a handful of news organizations were represented at the latest installment in the trial of the alleged co-conspirators of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. A major factor in the lack of robust...
by Paige Leskin | Mar 3, 2015 | Politics, Topics
By Yunita Ong and Paige Leskin WASHINGTON – Democratic leaders criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress on Tuesday as “political theater” and an “affront” to President Barack Obama, the State Department and the Democratic Party...
by Paige Leskin | Mar 2, 2015 | National Security
By Paige Leskin GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba — Although the Pentagon late Thursday reversed its order that the judge presiding over the USS Cole bombing trial had to move to Guantanamo for the duration of the proceedings, lawyers for the man accused of in the attack...
by Paige Leskin | Feb 27, 2015 | National Security
By Tyler Pager and Paige Leskin GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Three of the highest ranking military legal officers will testify Friday afternoon on whether the Pentagon was unlawfully involved in the USS Cole bombing trial. The presiding judge, Air Force...
by Paige Leskin | Feb 27, 2015 | National Security
By Tyler Pager and Paige Leskin The court will hear testimony Friday from The Judge Advocate Generals of the U.S. Army and the U.S Air Force. The defense called the two officials to speak on a senior Pentagon official’s order that the military judge must move to...
by Paige Leskin | Feb 26, 2015 | National Security, Topics
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by Paige Leskin | Feb 25, 2015 | National Security
By Tyler Pager and Paige Leskin GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL STATION, Cuba — A military judge said Wednesday he will not halt the trial of the alleged USS Cole bomber even though another judge decided to delay his separate trial of the 9/11 masterminds until a request...
by Paige Leskin | Feb 25, 2015 | National Security
By Tyler Pager and Paige Leskin Retired Maj. Gen. Vaughn Ary, the official who oversees the military court, is scheduled to testify Wednesday morning. He will speak to whether he unlawfully involved himself in the trial of the alleged USS Cole bomber by ordering the...
by Paige Leskin | Feb 25, 2015 | National Security
By Paige Leskin GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — The military judge in the trial of the alleged USS Cole bomber said Tuesday hearings will not move forward until he determines whether a senior Pentagon official was unlawfully involved in the trial proceedings....
by Paige Leskin | Feb 24, 2015 | National Security
Video by Tyler/Medill News Service By Tyler Pager and Paige Leskin GUANTANAMO NAVAL BASE, Cuba — A military judge in the trial of the alleged mastermind in the bombing of the USS Cole said Tuesday he will not hear any further motions until the defense’s claim...
by Paige Leskin | Feb 23, 2015 | National Security
By Tyler Pager and Paige Leskin GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Lawyers for the alleged mastermind of the bombing of the USS Cole argued Monday the case should be dismissed on the grounds that defense officials illegally forced the military judges to move to...
