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D.C. District Court of Appeals Order

Victim’s Family Members (VFMs) were meeting with the press around 6:00 PM when notified by the NYT reporter that the Stay Order was granted. The D.C. District Court of Appeals grants Emergency Stay to suspend Pre-Trial Agreements, blocking entry of guilty pleas and admission to 103 pages of charges scheduled to take place this morning, […]

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PRE-TRIAL AGREEMENT – v – PLEA DEAL

After attending six weeks of pre-trial hearings for the 9/11 detainees currently held in the detention center at the Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a crucial term pertaining to the cases regarding Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (KSM), Walid bin Attash (WBA), and Mustafa Ahmed Hawsawi (MAH), has become a focal point of confusion among Victim Family […]

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IT’S A GO!

January 5, 2025 Thursday, January 2, VFM’s (Victim’s Family Members) received a cautionary email from the Victim Witness Specialist, Will Andreu from the Office of Military Commissions, recommending that we do not begin travel to Andrew’s AFB, MD until Friday afternoon. Additonally, if we have not heard from the office prior to our departure, to […]

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MONOLOGUE SHOWCASE

You are invited! My writing. Professional actors. Memoir- Monologue Showcase. 5-minute stories. Join me! Live. Virtual. Free. Register.

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HOCUS POCUS: Golden Shovel

After Jennifer Michael Hecht When you were twelve, your shadow out cast mine, you’d eat two bowls of long spiral spaghetti straws twirling in a meaty sauce I scratched, red, lip-smacking, mmm. Wednesday nights, the donut shop man is a dervish charmer filling our sack for three dollars for no rhyme or reason. Once, in […]

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September, 2023

As bright summer days wane into the amber of the autumn equinox, I find my psyche returning to the fragile landscape of shock and grief when the nucleus of my family was ruptured. 22-years later, our avowed devotion is the flame which ignites an unwavering pursuit of truth and justice to hold sovereign nations accountable for their role in supporting and carrying out acts of terrorism on American citizens, on our nation’s soil.

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April 8, 2023

Dear Davin,               From the time your dad slid a diamond on my finger, I dreamed of the home we’d own, the children that would play hide-and-seek in closets, and the adventures we’d take together to experience the wonders of the world before your dad’s world went dark. We’d mix large batches of sticky rice […]

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