Rebecca S. Snyder

William Kuebler, as counsel for Omar Khadr, a detainee at Guantanamo Bay detention camp, charged with murder for the death of an American soldier during a skirmish in Afghanistan on July 27, 2002.

[4] As part of her efforts on Khadr's behalf Snyder appeared before the Human Rights subcommittee of the Parliament of Canada.

However, the U.S. position that Khadr should be tried at the military tribunal as he operated without a uniform and quartered himself amongst civilians contra to the Laws of Land Warfare was summed up by Marine Corps Maj. Jeffrey Groharing, who said "The accused and the terrorists he was working with did not belong to a legitimate army.

They belonged to al-Qaeda,":[8] On January 13, 2009, Snyder was quoted predicting that charges against Khadr would be dropped, when Barack Obama became president.

[9] According to the National Post she said: We can't imagine that the new president will move to close the camps without also addressing the military commissions.