Janet Hamlin picks up her amazing reportage assignment at Camp Justice, Guantanamo, after more than a year’s absence. “Nashiri, accused USS Cole bombing suspect, had an arraignment today and it is a death penalty case,” she explains.

“Media arrived to find new work stations for both print and TV and a reorganized Camp Justice. Nashiri has not been seen publicly in 9 years, so we were all anticipating what he would look like.”  

“The arraignment was held in Court 2, a venue that is much more difficult to draw in than Court 1.  We are held in a glassed-in viewing room, watching from behind sound proof panels in the back of the court. Sound is piped in at a 40-second delay.”

“Victim family members were in attendance, and with permission, I sketched those that I could see. We are now done, and the case will take some time before going into trial.”