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Dan Froomkin - New Marching Orders »
Posted by: berkeley 1 year ago in Political News
The military is gearing up to carry out the orders of the new commander in chief. And one of the first orders may be one ...
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The Spatial Instrumentality of Torture »
Posted by: tehranchik 1 year ago in Political News
It’s no secret Subtopia is greatly concerned with the issue of torture and the movements towards its abolition, but not just the idea of ...
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In Blow to Bush, Judge Orders 17 Guantánamo Detainees Freed »
Posted by: cosmogenium 1 year, 2 months ago in News
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Bush administration to release 17 detainees at Guantá namo Bay by the end of the week, the ...
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Happy Birthday, Gitmo »
Posted by: SNance 1 month, 2 weeks ago in News
A milestone worthy of note: Today marks the eighth anniversary of the creation of the legal foundation for the prison and the second-tier justice system ...
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Terrorism -- Faith In Our Justice System »
Posted by: bowsnumba1 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Political Opinion
Not only are conservatives ignoring the long-standing precedent of prosecuting terrorists in U.S. courts, they're insulting the U.S. legal system and essentially ...
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U.S. May Have Taped Visits to Detainees »
Posted by: tehranchik 1 year, 5 months ago in News
The Bush administration informed all foreign intelligence and law enforcement teams visiting their citizens held at Guantanamo Bay that video and sound from their interrogation ...
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Do You Feel Safe Now? Proud? - by Paul Craig Roberts »
Posted by: berkeley 1 year, 4 months ago in News
Now that military officers selected by the Bush Pentagon have reached a split verdict convicting Salim Hamdan, a onetime driver for Osama bin Laden, of ...
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Obama's War on Terror: Rhetoric vs. Reality - Associated Content »
Posted by: MarkWhittington 10 months, 1 week ago in Political News
A couple of stories demonstrated recently how reality is starting to trump Barack Obama's campaign rhetoric about the War on Terror. During the campaign ...
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Canada as Guantanamo »
Posted by: jips7 1 month, 1 week ago in Political Opinion
A scandal erupted last week in sleepy Ottawa with the revelations of Canada’s chief diplomat in Kandahar in 2006-07, Richard Colvin, who told a ...
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Sacramento Statehouse Examiner: Not in My Back Yard! Resolution seeks to prevent terror suspects' moving to California »
Posted by: shawnehamilton 9 months, 4 weeks ago in News
A Dana Point Republican wants to prevent the federal government from relocating Guantanamo terror suspects to a southern California Marine Base.
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Guantanamo prosecutor who quit had 'grave misgivings' about fairness »
Posted by: berkeley 1 year, 2 months ago in Political News
Darrel J. Vandeveld was in despair. The hard-nosed lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve, a self-described conformist praised by his superiors for his bravery in ...
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Abandoning the term "enemy combatant" entails no significant policy change »
Posted by: shawnehamilton 9 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
The writer believes the Obama administration's dropping of the term "enemy combatant" was more of a semantic exercise than a substantial change in policy ...
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No More 'Enemy Combatants' -- But Is Obama Merely Rebranding Bush's 'War on Terror'? »
Posted by: bowsnumba1 9 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Words matter, as Obama said on the campaign trail. But when it comes to his detention and counterterrorism policies, his actions are speaking louder.
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Seized In Pakistan, Two 50 Year Olds Are Released From Guantánamo »
Posted by: tehranchik 1 year, 2 months ago in Political News
As the US courts put pressure on the government to justify the long detention of prisoners at Guantánamo without charge or trial (following the Supreme ...
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Guantanamo prosecutor quits over detainee case »
Posted by: cosmogenium 1 year, 3 months ago in News
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- A U.S. military prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay has quit because his office suppressed evidence that could clear a ...
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