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10/26/2024

What can you do today, tomorrow, and every day for the next 11 days until the Election on 5 November 2024?

1. Make Phone Calls From Your Home (all day, every day - 1-hour shifts!) (you need a phone and a computer)

2.. Attend An Event Near You Or A Virtual Event. (In every state, including swing states, and virtually)

-- No matter where you are -- including overseas -- you can make phone calls and attend virtual events. Please take an hour or two of your time, or more, for the sake of our Democracy!

This DNC site has links to hundreds of things you can do for Harris & Walz in the next 11 days:

https://events.democrats.org/

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Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers and more with The Democratic National Committee.

10/24/2024

Is this fake news?

The pollster's forecast gives Trump a 24.4 percent chance of winning all seven swing states in November.

10/24/2024

Out 4 Harris-Walz DC Dance Party -- Tonight -- Thursday, 24 October 2024 -- At Shakers -- 2014 9th St., NW, Washington, DC.

Please Sign Up and Attend!

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10/24/2024

Please join VP Kamala Harris for a Campaign Speech -- Next Tuesday, 29 October 2024 -- in Washington, DC. It appears to have been scheduled for the National Mall, but may be on the Ellipse. Time to be announced.

You can sign up to attend this speech via this link:

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10/23/2024

I did "Ballot Curing" for Pennsylvania last night -- by phone! The election board rejected mail-in ballots due to missing signatures or dates. We helped voters "cure" their deficient ballots, so their votes can count!

Anyone can do Ballot Curing. Here's my blog post describing my PA experience. You do not have to be a lawyer to do Ballot Curing! You just need a phone and a computer!

It takes 10 minutes to get trained to do Ballot Curing. It is easy. Fun. Rewarding.

How to sign up for Ballot Cure is mentioned in the blog post.

https://www.lawyersforharris.com/lawyers-for-harris-blog/i-did-ballot-curing-for-pennsylvania-last-night

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This post is a plug for you to do “Ballot Curing” in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and other swing states — to help the Harris-Walz campaign. I did ballot curing for Pennsylvania last night, using my phone and laptop. It was easy. It was fun. It was rewarding.

10/06/2024

Please help with Voter Protection! You need not be a lawyer! Anyone interested in the Rule of Law can help. Join the Harris National Voter Protection National Kick Off Call on Monday, 7 October 2024, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. (ET).

You can volunteer live at polling locations, or remotely from your home or office - during Early Vote and on Election Day.

https://www.lawyersforharris.com/events/https/tinyurlcom/ymya6k28-65ywy

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08/11/2022

There is a new post on the GITMO Observer blog by Timothy Morgan, J.D. Candidate 2025, MCOP, PIHRL, IU-McKinney School of Law:

"My First Two Days At Naval Station Guantanamo Bay
Touching Down at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay

I traveled to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to monitor pre-trial hearings in the U.S. Military Commission case against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri who is accused of planning the attack on the USS Cole off the coast of Yemen on 12 October 2000 that killed seventeen U.S. sailors and wounded dozens more. This New York Times article discusses the al-Nashiri case, including its victims, the prosecution and defense, and the Judge.

I explained in my previous blog posts all about my current mission to Guantanamo Bay, as a student at Indiana University McKinney School of Law (after being nominated by the school’s Military Commission Observation Project, which is part of the school’s Program in International Human Rights Law).

My plane from Joint Base Andrews (near Washington, DC) touched down at Guantanamo Bay at 1:20 p.m., Saturday, 23 July 2022, after 3 hours of flying over the ocean and Caribbean.

In this blog post, I talk about my arrival at Guantanamo, and my pre-arrival and post-arrival impressions of Guantanamo (it is not like I expected!). This post ends with my retiring to sleep in a frigid tent, anticipating Sunday morning breakfast at a Guantanamo military mess hall. . . ."

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Touching Down at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Me in front of a US Naval Station Guantanamo Bay welcome sign I traveled to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to monitor pre-trial hearings in the U.S. Military Com…

08/11/2022

There is a new post on the GITMO Observer Blog by Collier O’Connor, J.D. 2022, MCOP, PIHRL, IU-McKinney School of Law:

"My Nomination To Travel To Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for Pre-Trial Hearings for Five 9/11 Alleged Co-Conspirators

Introduction

As a recent graduate of Indiana University McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, I was nominated to travel to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to monitor pre-trial hearings in the U.S. Military Commission case against 5 alleged co-conspirators in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon on 11 September 2022. My nomination was through the IU law school’s Military Commission Observation Project (MCOP) (and Program in International Human Rights Law), founded by Professor Edwards, with multiple missions, as follows:

“ i. To further teaching, research, and service related to U.S. Military Commissions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and other tribunals with similar jurisdiction, and ii. To facilitate [Indiana University] Affiliates to attend, observe, be seen, analyze, critique, and publish on U.S. Military Commissions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and other designated U.S. Military Commission viewing sites.” [https://mckinneylaw.iu.edu/human-rights/_docs/military-commission-project.pdf] . . ."

Read more at: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/ /FMfcgzGqPpjZlvvxJZmvbdxwBnjTJVrW

08/11/2022

There is a new post on the GITMO Observer Blog by Collier O’Connor, J.D. Candidate, 2022, MCOP, IU-McKinney School of Law:

"Hearings For Five 9/11 Alleged Co-Conspirators And Travel To Guantanamo Bay, Cuba In January, 2022 Cancelled

I am a student at Indiana University McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. I have been nominated to travel to Guantanamo Bay to monitor pre-trial hearings during the week of 8-15 January, 2022 through the Military Commission Observation Project (MCOP). I have been preparing to travel to Guantanamo Bay in order to observe the pre-trial hearings of the five 9/11 alleged co-conspirators. I have been reading about the five alleged co-conspirators and the history of Guantanamo on the Guantanamo Docket, published by the New York Times, reviewing motions and official documents of the hearings on the Office of Military Commissions Website, and obtaining the proper clearance and travel documents from the Pentagon that will allow be to travel as an NGO (non-governmental organization) observer.

On 04 January, 2022, as I was driving home from Tucson, Arizona, where I had spent the Christmas holiday with my family, I was notified that the pre-trial hearings for the five 9/11 alleged conspirators that had been scheduled for 08-22 January, 2022, had been cancelled, that all NGO travel to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay had been cancelled, and that updates on future hearings will be provided as updates become available.

The January pre-trial hearings were cancelled after a defense motion to cancel the January 2022 hearings, filed on 03 January, 2022, was granted (link to motion) in part by Matthew N. McCall Colonel, USAF, the presiding military judge. According to the motion, the cancellation was due to the increased risks of the Omicron variant of Covid-19. . . ."

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I am a student at Indiana University McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. I have been nominated to travel to Guantanamo Bay to monitor pre-trial hearings during the week of 8-15 Ja…

08/11/2022

There is a new post on the GITMO Observer Blog by Collier O’Connor, J.D. Candidate, 2022, MCOP, IU-McKinney School of Law:

"Preparing To Travel To Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, To Attend, Monitor, Be Seen, Analyze, Critique, And Report On U.S. Military Commissions
Introduction

I am a student at Indiana University McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. I have been nominated to travel to Guantanamo Bay to monitor hearings during the week of 8-15 January, 2022 through the Military Commission Observation Project (MCOP). I applied to the MCOP program to travel to Guantanamo Bay because of my international background and because of related coursework I have taken as a law student at Indiana University McKinney School of Law (described below). As part of the application and nomination process, I was interviewed by the MCOP program director, Professor Edwards.

The MCOP is a project of IU School of Law, founded by Professor Edwards, and it has multiple missions, including

“ i. To further teaching, research, and service related to U.S. Military Commissions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and other tribunals with similar jurisdiction, and

ii. To facilitate [Indiana University] IU Affiliates to attend, observe, analyze, critique, and publish on U.S. Military Commissions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and other designated U.S. Military Commission viewing sites.” [https://mckinneylaw.iu.edu/human-rights/_docs/military-commission-project.pdf]

As I begin to prepare for undertaking this important role, I am incredibly excited to be afforded such a unique opportunity. I also feel a great sense of responsibility to ensure that I, as one of only a handful of people allowed to travel to Guantanamo Bay to attend pre-trial hearings, can act as the eyes and ears of the public so that the Guantanamo proceedings can be open, transparent, and fair. . . ."

Read more at: https://gitmoobserver.com/2021/11/22/preparing-to-travel-to-guantanamo-bay-cuba-to-attend-monitor-be-seen-analyze-critique-and-report-on-u-s-military-commissions-2/

08/11/2022

A new post on the GITMO Observer Blog by Steven Nisi, J.D. Candidate (2023), MCOP, PIHRL, IU-McKinney School of Law:

"Guantanamo Bay: Final Preparation And Travel From Indianapolis To Washington D.C./Joint Base Andrews Area

Timothy Morgan’s Blog Post: https://gitmoobserver.com/2022/08/04/10904/

Lauren Lanham’s Blog Post
https://gitmoobserver.com/2022/08/03/my-preparation-and-travel-to-washington-d-c-and-guantanamo-bay-cuba/

Collier O’Connor’s Blog Post
https://gitmoobserver.com/2022/03/05/10511/

Introduction

As I mentioned in my previous blog post, I am a second year law school student at Indiana University McKinney School of law travelling to Guantanamo Bay to monitor pretrial hearings in the U.S. Military Commission case against Mr. Abd a-Rahim al-Nashiri for his alleged conspiring in, organizing, and planning of the USS Cole bombing off the coast of Yemen in 2000 which killed 17 U.S. Navy sailors and injured dozens more.

I was nominated by the Military Commission Observation Project (MCOP) – which is part of our Law School’s Program in International Human Rights Law [link to the PIHRL] for this mission, which requires me to attend, observe, be seen, analyze, critique, and publish materials on Guantanamo proceedings. A more detailed explanation of the application process can also be found here.

This blog post is the second in a series of posts I plan to make with regards to my travel to Guantanamo Bay and duties as a monitor in the case against Ms. al Nashiri. In this post, I discuss my final steps in completing paperwork for the program and my experience getting to the Joint Base Andrews, which is the U.S. military base from which the plane to Guantanamo departs."

Read more at: https://gitmoobserver.com/2022/08/10/%ef%bf%bcguantanamo-bay-final-preparation-and-travel-from-indianapolis-to-washington-d-c-joint-base-andrews-area/

Travelling from Joint Base Andrews to Guantanamo Bay (5 March 2022) We 6 NGO observers are in front of the Joint Base Andrews Visitor Center, pre-dawn, holding the Guantanamo Bay Fair Trial Manual …

08/05/2022

There is a new post on the GITMO Observer Blog by Timothy Morgan, J.D. Candidate 2025, MCOP, PIHRL, IU-McKinney School of Law:

"Checking In At Joint Base Andrews For My Flight To Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Introduction

Me at Glass Beach, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
As I mentioned in my first two blog posts I am headed on a mission to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to monitor U.S. Military Commission hearings in the case against Mr. Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, who is accused of being the mastermind behind the attack on the USS Cole off the coast of Yemen on 12 October 2000 that killed seventeen U.S. sailors and wounded dozens more. I am a student at Indiana University McKinney School of Law, and the previous posts describe the law school’s Guantanamo project, founded by Professor George Edwards, that nominated me for travel.

My last blog post described my travel from Indiana to the Washington, DC area yesterday, and arriving at the hotel last night across the street from Joint Base Andrews, where the flight departs for Guantanamo.

This blog picks up at Joint Base Andrews and describes the flight to Guantanamo. My next post discusses my arrival at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay and my first night there. . . ."

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Introduction Me at Glass Beach, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba As I mentioned in my first two blog posts I am headed on a mission to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to monitor U.S. Military Commission hearings in the …