Gallery: 10 Sketches From Inside Guantanamo Bay's Military Courtroom
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9/11 defendants Walid bin Attash, left, and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, appear at their Guantanamo Bay arraignment, May 5, 2012. *Image: Janet Hamlin*
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Defendant Salim Hamdan, left, watches FBI agent Craig Donnachie testify about interrogating him, July 24, 2008, Guantanamo Bay. *Image: Janet Hamlin*
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Omar Khadr, in white, watches his pretrial hearing at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Apr. 29, 2010. *Image: Janet Hamlin*
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Prosecuting attorney Jeff Groharing, far right, makes a statement in Omar Khadr's 2010 pretrial hearings as defendant Khadr looks on. *Image: Janet Hamlin*
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The 9/11 conspirators appear in the Guantanamo Bay courtroom, Dec. 8, 2008. *Image: Janet Hamlin*
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Defendant Omar Khadr, foreground, watches testimony in his Oct. 28, 2010, pretrial hearing at Guantanamo Bay. *Image: Janet Hamlin*
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During a break in the 2010 Khadr hearing, Hamlin took a tour of the Guantanamo Bay detention camps. Even this sketch had to be vetted by military censors to prevent classified material from emerging. *Image: Janet Hamlin*
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On the fourth day of pretrial hearings in 2008's 9/11 war crimes prosecution, Alexandra Scott, left, who lost her father Randy Scott, 48, sits beside Martin and Dorine Toyen, right, who lost their daughter Amy, 24. *Image: Janet Hamlin*
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed addresses the judge during his pretrial hearing, Oct. 17, 2012, at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. *Image: Janet Hamlin*.
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Janet Hamlin puts finishing touches on a sketch of 9/11 defendant Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. *Photo: Michelle Shephard*
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