Public Opinion: Was the Supreme Court Correct in Affirming Habeas Corpus Rights for the Guantánamo Detainees?
Opinion
- June 20, 2008
Two legal experts have written sharply different assessments of the decision. Now you can weigh in.
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News Buzz: Bush Appeals for Support of Afghanistan; Floods in Cedar Rapids; and More
Nation & World
- June 13, 2008
Bush seeks more allied support for Afghanistan, Midwest flooding, Gitmo trials to proceed, and more.
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Public Opinion: Tell Us What You Think About the Supreme Court's Decision Allowing Guantánamo Bay Detainees to Appeal in U.S. Civilian Courts
Opinion
- June 13, 2008
A blow to national security or a victory for freedom?
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A Third Rebuke to Bush on Guantánamo Bay
By Emma Schwartz -
Nation & World
- June 12, 2008
The Supreme Court decision will mean a flood of new cases in federal court.
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Blog Buzz: Supreme Court, Obama's Birth, and Republicans Not for McCain
Nation & World
- June 12, 2008
Habeusing the corpuses, dispelling the Obama birth rumor, and non-McCainiac GOPers
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News Buzz: Supreme Court on Detainees, Killer Tornado, and More
Nation & World
- June 12, 2008
Supreme Court rebuffs administration on detainees, four teens killed by Iowa tornado, and more.
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News Buzz: 9/11 Suspects at Gitmo Tribunal, Clinton to Back Obama, and More
Nation & World
- June 5, 2008
Alleged 9/11 conspirators face Gitmo tribunal. Hillary Clinton to back Barack Obama on Saturday.
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A Top Military Adviser Talks About War Crimes
By Emma Schwartz -
Nation & World
- June 2, 2008
Thomas Hartmann discusses military commissions on the eve of a 9/11 arraignment.
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Report Details Interrogation Techniques
By Emma Schwartz -
Nation & World
- May 21, 2008
Extreme tactics used on prisoners at Guantánamo and elsewhere.
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Justice Dept. Inspector General Claims CIA Hampered Its Investigation
By Emma Schwartz -
Nation & World
- May 20, 2008
Report says the agency blocked access to senior al Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah.
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Trying the 9/11 Suspects
By Emma Schwartz -
Nation & World
- February 14, 2008
The cases against suspected terrorists are the biggest test yet for a controversial system.
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CIA Alters Guantanamo Videotape Policy
News Desk
- February 11, 2008
Revelations about the destruction of interrogation tapes by the CIA have altered the way the military maintains documentation regarding detainees in the prison at Guantánamo Bay and other locations, according to government documents filed in federal court this month
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Report Due on FBI Treatment of Military Detainees
News Desk
- February 8, 2008
The Justice Department's inspector general is expected to release a report soon detailing whether FBI employees participated in any abuse of detainees at military prisons in Guantánamo Bay, Iraq, and Afghanistan, according to a report released by the division today.
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Morning Buzz: Dec. 6, 2007
News Desk
- December 6, 2007
The White House disclosed today that President Bush himself wrote a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il asking him to fully disclose the country's nuclear program. Bush sent his letter to the North Korean leader on December 1 and also wrote letters to the leaders of other countries involved in six-party talks about North Korea, expressing the desire to resolve the nuclear standoff.
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Justices Hear Guantánamo Case
By Emma Schwartz -
Nation & World
- December 5, 2007
Government lawyer struggles to convince high court that prisoners have adequate access to justice
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Tug of War Over Gitmo
By Emma Schwartz -
Nation & World
- November 30, 2007
Key cases this week signal the strain over prisoners' rights
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Q&A: Clive Stafford Smith
By Emma Schwartz -
Nation & World
- November 16, 2007
One Man's Outrage Over Guantánamo
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Justice Department Lawyers Refuse Detainee Cases
By Emma Schwartz -
Nation & World
- August 30, 2007
Some lawyers in the civil appeals division object to the government's policies on Guantanamo Bay.
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Gitmo Closing: an Easy Call for Bush
A Capital View
- June 25, 2007
The lines appear to be drawn on closing the country's notorious prison at Guantánamo Bay..
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Khalid Sheik Mohammed Confesses
Michael Barone
- March 15, 2007
The Pentagon has released a report on the confessions of captured al Qaeda leader Khalid Sheik Mohammed..
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