Friday, October 23, 2015

30 days will be up on sunday...

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So the big question is -- Will Shaker Aamer be sent home on sunday? Let's hope so. More here  from Democracy Now.

Obama actually does something....

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Yesterday Obama vetoed the defense bill in part because of the restrictions on closing Gitmo. I guess he is getting braver now that his pres...
Thursday, October 22, 2015

Rare admission from my government...

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 The military has now admitted that the Moroccan man that was held at Guantanamo for 13 years was held based on "unreliable evidence....
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

And here's to Canada.... hoping you become a nice country again.

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Will Obama have the GUTS to actually Veto the Pentagon Budget this time around....

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Every year the republicans stick language in the pentagon budget that makes it difficult (but not impossible) for Obama to close Guantanamo....

CIA vs. High School Students.... UPDATED

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I don't know which is funnier-- that the head of the CIA had an AOL account (for those unfamiliar with AOL it was one of the biggest ema...

The so-called "queen" of Torture....

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"A German human rights group has filed a criminal complaint against Alfreda Frances Bikowsky, a CIA official who allegedly authorized t...
Saturday, October 17, 2015

Waterboarding by a different name...

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That CIA- they are so clever.... they have claimed that they  only  waterboarded three prisoners. I don't know or care if that is the nu...
Wednesday, October 14, 2015

trying for accountability

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Two former detainees have sued the psychologists who coordinated and oversaw their torture.... I can't help but wonder how these two war...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Another Forever Detainee Cleared for Release....UPDATED

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Today it was announced that the "periodic" review board  (PRB) cleared Mohammed Kamin (ISN 1045 from Afghanistan). The prison...
Monday, October 5, 2015

Algerian detainee seeks relief from Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

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   Djamel Ameziane was held at guantanamo for 12 years without charge before he was finally returned to his homeland in Algeria. Mr. Amezian...
Thursday, October 1, 2015

An Interiview with Mohammed el Gharani- from Guantanamo Speaks....

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Guantanamo Speaks

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Former Prisoner defies ban on Guantanamo detainees coming to the US by virtually appearing. Read the rest here and if you are in NY and not...
Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Clive Stafford Smith on Shaker Aamer...

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"There is one matter that is beyond all doubt: various members of the US military and the UK intelligence services will start briefing...
Monday, September 28, 2015

DC Circuit grants en banc in al Bahlul.....

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As Steve Vladeck reported-- on Friday, the D.C. Circuit  granted rehearing en banc  in  al Bahlul v. United States , the constitutional chal...