The Oath (2010 film)

The Oath is a 2010 documentary film directed by Laura Poitras. It tells the crosscut tale of two men, Abu Jandal and Salim Ahmed Hamdan, whose meeting launched them on juxtaposed paths with alQaeda, Osama bin Laden, the Septemberattacks, US military tribunals and the U.S. Supreme Court. The film is one of three in a series, with the first being My Country, My Country 2006, documenting the lives of Iraqi citizens during the U.S. occupation of Iraq. The third, Citizenfour 2014, focuses on the NSAs domestic surveillance programs. The Oath is distributed both theatrically and nontheatrically in the US by New Yorkbased Zeitgeist Films.

The men became brothersinlaw after marrying sisters. The lives of the two men are explored and challenge viewers ideas about jihad, loyalty and alQaeda. The filmmaker Laura Poitras intercuts Hamdans trial his military lawyer challenges the tribunals as unconstitutional and takes Hamdans case to the US Supreme Court with Jandals contradictory conversations with his son and Muslim pupils, and during media interviews.The Supreme Court challenge was decided in Hamdans favor, and Congress passed a new law, the Military Commissions Act of 2006 to respond to the courts objections. Under that, Hamdan was convicted on one charge but acquitted on another. His sentence gave him credit for time detained, and in November 2008 he was transferred to Yemen with one month to serve. He was released but continued to appeal his conviction. ........

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