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Sunday, October 25, 2015

He says he wants to close Guantanamo.....

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But his justice department continues to fight the release of one man that has long been cleared for release.. Ba Odah... a man who has been ...

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Oh and just in case it is not crazy enough to try to represent someone who is facing the death penalty without being able to share the evide...

Military Commissions latest foible

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It seems that one of the men being charged in the illicit military commissions might want to represent himself. In theory that should not be...
Saturday, October 24, 2015

From Roger Fitch and our friends down under at Justinian.....

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*   *   * Dostoyevsky: dumped in Kazakhstan, like others since While talk has turned to closing Guantánamo, what has happened to intern...
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...
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