William C. Kuebler

[1] Prior to the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, to overturn the then current version of the Guantanamo military commissions on constitutional grounds, Kuebler was detailed to defend Ghassan Abdullah al Sharbi.

[4] Kuebler continues, however, to work closely with Edney and Nathan Whitling in legal proceedings in both Canada and the United States.

Kuebler argued to the military judge that a child soldier, such as Khadr, was a "victim of Al Qaeda, not a member."

On Thursday, April 2, 2009, Kuebler addressed the Lord Reading Law Society in Montreal and mentioned that "up till now" he had not faced serious pressures from within the military concerning his work.

On April 4, 2009, the Canwest News Service (Canada) carried a report that Kuebler "has been fired from the (Khadr) case after accusing his boss of a conflict of interest".

Masciola did not accept Parrish's ruling, and continued to decline to allow Kuebler to meet with Khadr, to access the case file.

When Kuebler died on July 17, 2015, at age 44, his death spurred concerns that his cancer had been triggered by his work at Guantanamo.