Janet Hamlin’s reportage drawings have been the consistent eyes of Guantanamo’s courtrooms since the offshore 911 terrorism trials began in 2006.  This month finds Janet back in Cuba, dividing her attention between two cases: al Qosi and Omar Khadr.

“After 8 years in detention, Canadian Khadr is going to trial, slated to take between 2-6 weeks. Al Qosi is expected to be tried and sentenced much sooner, which will make it the first case going to completion under the Obama administration.”

Janet managed to get three of Khadr done during jury selection (wearing a suit, to the surprise of the press) “…though not as filled out as I'd liked…”

“The Qosi trial has concluded- first under Obama administration- and Khadr jury selection is complete. Khadr trial begins in earnest tomorrow morning.

“The kicker is that I was told that drawing the panel (aka jury) is no longer allowed. Not even an outline, odd when you look at previous commissions I've sketched in, and you see the various services, ranks and genders of the military jury. It is a powerful image.

“Here's hoping this can be overturned…”