The Watergate scandal was a significant political controversy in the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974,ultimately resulting in Nixon's resignation. It originated from attempts by the Nixon administration to conceal its involvement in the June 17,1972,break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters located in the Watergate Office Building in Washington,D.C.
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani is a Tanzanian conspirator of the al-Qaeda terrorist organization convicted for his role in the bombing of embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. He was indicted in the United States as a participant in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings. He was on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list from its inception in October 2001. In 2004,he was captured and detained by Pakistani forces in a joint operation with the United States,and was held until June 9,2009,at Guantanamo Bay detention camp;one of 14 Guantanamo detainees who had previously been held at secret locations abroad. According to The Washington Post,Ghailani told military officers he is contrite and claimed to be an exploited victim of al-Qaeda operatives.
Abd al-Rahim Hussein Muhammed Abdu al-Nashiri is a Saudi Arabian citizen alleged to be the mastermind of the bombing of USS Cole and other maritime attacks. He is alleged to have headed al-Qaeda operations in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf states prior to his capture in November 2002 by the CIA's Special Activities Division.
Arthur Raymond Randolph is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He was appointed to the Court in 1990 and assumed senior status on November 1,2008.
David Spears Addington is an American lawyer who was legal counsel (2001–2005) and chief of staff (2005–2009) to Vice President Dick Cheney. He was the vice president of domestic and economic policy studies at The Heritage Foundation from 2010 to 2016.
Reggie Barnett Walton is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He is a former presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
United States v. Libby was the federal trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby,a former high-ranking official in the George W. Bush administration,for interfering with special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's criminal investigation of the Plame affair.
Richard J. Leon is an American jurist who serves as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a United States military prison within the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base,also referred to as Gitmo,on the coast of Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. As of April 2023,of the 779 people detained there since January 2002 when the military prison first opened after the September 11 attacks,740 had been transferred elsewhere,30 remained there,and nine had died while in custody.
John Deacon Bates is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He was appointed by President George W. Bush in December 2001,and has adjudicated several cases directly affecting the office of the President. Bates served as Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts,from July 1,2013 to January 5,2015,after which he returned to full-time service as a District Judge.
Royce Charles Lamberth /’læm-bərth/ is a senior judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia,who formerly served as its chief judge. Since 2015,he has sat as a visiting judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas in San Antonio.
Majid Shoukat Khan is a Pakistani who was the only known legal resident of the United States held in the Guantanamo Bay Detainment Camp. He was a "high value detainee" subject to “enhanced interrogation”by the U.S. intelligence forces.
Deborah Jeane Palfrey,dubbed the D. C. Madam by the news media,operated Pamela Martin and Associates,an escort agency in Washington,D. C. Although she maintained that the company's services were legal,she was convicted on April 15,2008,of racketeering,using the mail for illegal purposes,and money laundering. Slightly over two weeks later,facing a prison sentence of five or six years,she was found hanged. Autopsy results and the final police investigative report concluded that her death was a suicide.
Henry Harold Kennedy Jr. is an inactive Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
United States v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,et al. is the trial of five alleged al-Qaeda members for aiding the September 11,2001 attacks. Charges were announced by Brigadier General Thomas W. Hartmann on February 11,2008 at a press conference hosted by the Pentagon. The men charged are Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,Walid bin Attash,Ramzi bin al-Shibh,Ammar al-Baluchi,and Mustafa Ahmad al Hawsawi.
Stephen M. Truitt is an American lawyer in Washington,D.C. who worked for the Pepper Hamilton law firm.
This page lists trials related to the September 11,2001,terrorist attacks.
Gerhard Alden Gesell was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Christopher Reid "Casey" Cooper is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Montgomery Blair Sibley is a former American lawyer who had his Florida Bar license suspended in 2008,and is best known for defending Deborah Palfrey,the "DC Madam",in 2007–2008.
