Hamdan To Be Sent To Yemen
Bin Laden Driver Spent 7 Years at Guantanamo
By Josh White and William Branigin
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, November 25, 2008; Page A01
The U.S. military has decided to transfer Osama bin Laden’s former driver from custody at Guantanamo Bay to his home in Yemen, ending the seven-year saga of a man the […]
Judge dismisses charges against detainee
By ANDREW O. SELSKY, Associated Press Writer 15 minutes ago
A military judge on Monday dismissed terrorism-related charges against a prisoner charged with killing an American soldier in Afghanistan, in a stunning reversal for the Bush administration’s attempts to try Guantanamo detainees in military court.
The chief of military defense attorneys at Guantanamo […]
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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates leaves Roseland
(Larry Downing/Reuters)
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Gates: Congress, Bush should discuss Guantanamo
By Susan Cornwell 36 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress should explore with the White House ways to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay while not releasing its most dangerous detainees, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday.
But a senior Republican lawmaker warned […]
We know this guy is a dog, but is he also an egomaniac? Or, is he a living proof of the futility of torture?
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In a file photo Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan Saturday March 1, 2003, in this photo obtained by […]
This story reminds me of the tag-team staging of hapless professional wrestling referees.
Military: No Gitmo Guard Abuse Evident
U.S. military investigation reports no evidence guards beat Guantanamo detainees
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Feb. 7, 2007
By MICHAEL MELIA Associated Press Writer
(AP) An Army officer who investigated possible abuse at Guantanamo Bay after some guards purportedly bragged about beating […]
The country has become very stupid, very fast if it believes Cully’s advice was not to have a desired effect.
THE WASHINGTON POST published this ‘mea cully’ from the man who made statements challenging the right of accused and–in this case–non-accused to have representation of council. Tears welled in my eyes as I read about […]
The rotting fish stinks from the head.
“Official Attacks Top Law Firms Over Detainees
By NEIL A. LEWIS
Published: January 13, 2007
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 — The senior Pentagon official in charge of military detainees suspected of terrorism said in an interview this week that he was dismayed that lawyers at many of the nation’s top firms were representing […]
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Photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times
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Today, The New York Times devoted 40-Count ‘Em-40 paragraphs to a story about goat cheese. The story led the Food Section.
Today, the New York Times devoted 14–that’s right–14 paragraphs to the demise of Habeas Corpus. They did have a front page photograph showing the signing of the death certificate, but […]
Images: (Gonzalez) Barrie Maguire@newart.com; (Bush) sanayres.com; (Lawrence of Arabia & Abbot & Costello in the Foreign Legion) shillPages.com
“New maximum-security jail to open at Guantanamo Bay
Far from winding down, the controversial US detention centre is expanding
By Andrew Buncombe in Washington
Published: 30 July 2006
The controversy over the US-run detention centre at Guantanamo Bay is to erupt […]