Retired generals, admirals urge Supreme Court to hear Guantánamo case

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A dozen retired admirals and generals, including the Marine who opened the Guantánamo prison, are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case of Abd al Rahim al Nashiri, the Saudi accused of orchestrating the USS Cole bombing who argues the military commissions that seek his execution are illegitimate.

The retired officers argue that the justices should decide the threshold issue of the "Legitimacy and legality" of Nashiri's military commission now - rather than after a conviction, as Congress intended - for national security reasons.

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The retired officers also argue that a potentially illegitimate court harms the United States' ability to argue that, if American service members are taken captive, they should be treated under international law.

Lawyers for Nashiri originally asked the court to take the case of Abd al Rahim al Nashiri v. Barack Obama, et al.

The amicus filing, siding with Nashiri in favor of pre-tribunal Supreme Court consideration, was submitted at the court Wednesday with a new title: Abd al Rahim al Nashiri v. Donald J. Trump, et al.

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