An attorney assigned to a legal team representing Ammar al-Baluchi, one of the five co-defendants who are accused of conspiring in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and face capital charges before the military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will speak at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service on Thursday.
Benjamin R. Farley is a trial attorney and law-of-war counsel at the U.S. Defense Department's Military Commissions Defense Organization. From 2013-2017, he was a senior adviser to the special envoy for Guantanamo closure at the U.S. State Department.
His speech is scheduled from 6 to 7 p.m. at Sturgis Hall, 1200 President Clinton Ave. in Little Rock.
Admission is free and open to the public. Seating can be reserved by emailing publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu or by calling (501) 683-5239.
Metro on 04/07/2019