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Francesca Procaccini graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, where she was an executive editor of the Harvard Law & Policy Review and served as president of the Harvard Law ACLU. During law school, she worked in the White House Counsel’s Office and in the privacy and national security group of a private law firm. Prior to law school, she was a Coro Fellow in Public Affairs and worked in international development. She graduated summa cum laude from Barnard College in 2010 with a B.A. in Political Science and Italian Studies.

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Case Coverage: 9/11 Case

6/2 Session: Detainee Testifies about Gitmo Conditions

Francesca Procaccini   Tue, Jun 7, 2016, 8:20 AM

The commission is called to order Thursday morning with all attorneys and the defendants accused of masterminding the 9/11 attacks in attendance. The morning session will be dedicated to hearing testimony from Gouled Hassan Dourad, a Somali detainee housed in Camp VII in Guantanamo Bay alongside the five accused. Gouled has been in detention at Guantanamo since 2006, before which he was in a CIA black site for two and a half years. He does not have a lawyer and has not been charged with any crime.

Case Coverage: 9/11 Case

6/1 Session: Too Much Cancer, Not Enough Communication

Francesca Procaccini   Mon, Jun 6, 2016, 7:20 PM

Pre-trial proceedings in the military commission case against the alleged masterminds of the September 11th attacks resume Wednesday morning, with all attorneys present but none of the accused in attendance. To start, a U.S. major testifies that he advised all five of the accused of their rights to attend that morning and all knowingly waived their right to be present at the hearing.

Case Coverage: 9/11 Case

2/22 Session: Transcript, Touching, and Technology Woes

Francesca Procaccini   Wed, Feb 24, 2016, 6:09 PM

Pre-trial sessions resumed this week in the military commission trial of five Guantanamo detainees, who allegedly orchestrated the September 11th attacks. Only three of the five accused were present Monday morning when hearings resumed after the weekend recess. Walid Bin Attash used his right not to be present as a pointed stab in his months-long fight to replace his defense team, writing to the court that he would not attend “because of the presence of the attorneys Cheryl Bormann and Michael Schwartz on my defense team.”

Case Coverage: 9/11 Case

10/20 Session: Pro Se Opens Pandora’s Box in Gitmo 9/11 Trial

Francesca Procaccini   Wed, Oct 21, 2015, 9:34 PM

The five Guantanamo detainees on trial before a military commission for allegedly orchestrating the September 11th attacks all returned to court Tuesday morning, as pre-trial proceedings in their case continued for a second day in a row. On Monday, the session was almost immediately derailed by detainee Walid Bin Attash’s unexpectedly raising the possibility of representing himself pro se.

Case Coverage: 9/11 Case

10/19 Session: Yesterday at Guantanamo: Once Again, Questions Abound While Answers Elude

Francesca Procaccini   Tue, Oct 20, 2015, 9:15 PM

The five detainees accused of orchestrating the September 11th attacks, including the plot’s alleged mastermind, Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, were all present at yesterday’s proceedings in their ongoing military commission trial at Guantanamo Bay.