Thursday, July 24, 2008

Guantánamo Bay

Public Opinion: Was the Supreme Court Correct in Affirming Habeas Corpus Rights for the Guantánamo Detainees?

Two legal experts have written sharply different assessments of the decision. Now you can weigh in. more >>

Blog Buzz: McCain, Social Security, and Guantánamo Bay

News Buzz: Bush Appeals for Support of Afghanistan; Floods in Cedar Rapids; and More

Bush seeks more allied support for Afghanistan, Midwest flooding, Gitmo trials to proceed, and more. more >>

Public Opinion: Tell Us What You Think About the Supreme Court's Decision Allowing Guantánamo Bay Detainees to Appeal in U.S. Civilian Courts

A blow to national security or a victory for freedom? more >>

A Third Rebuke to Bush on Guantánamo Bay

The Supreme Court decision will mean a flood of new cases in federal court. more >>

Blog Buzz: Supreme Court, Obama's Birth, and Republicans Not for McCain

Habeusing the corpuses, dispelling the Obama birth rumor, and non-McCainiac GOPers more >>

News Buzz: Supreme Court on Detainees, Killer Tornado, and More

Supreme Court rebuffs administration on detainees, four teens killed by Iowa tornado, and more. more >>

News Buzz: 9/11 Suspects at Gitmo Tribunal, Clinton to Back Obama, and More

Alleged 9/11 conspirators face Gitmo tribunal. Hillary Clinton to back Barack Obama on Saturday. more >>

A Top Military Adviser Talks About War Crimes

Thomas Hartmann discusses military commissions on the eve of a 9/11 arraignment. more >>

Report Details Interrogation Techniques

Extreme tactics used on prisoners at Guantánamo and elsewhere. more >>

Justice Dept. Inspector General Claims CIA Hampered Its Investigation

Report says the agency blocked access to senior al Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah. more >>

Trying the 9/11 Suspects

The cases against suspected terrorists are the biggest test yet for a controversial system. more >>

CIA Alters Guantanamo Videotape Policy

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 more >>

Report Due on FBI Treatment of Military Detainees

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. more >>

Morning Buzz: Dec. 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. more >>

Justices Hear Guantánamo Case

Government lawyer struggles to convince high court that prisoners have adequate access to justice more >>

Tug of War Over Gitmo

Key cases this week signal the strain over prisoners' rights more >>

Q&A: Clive Stafford Smith

One Man's Outrage Over Guantánamo more >>

Justice Department Lawyers Refuse Detainee Cases

Some lawyers in the civil appeals division object to the government's policies on Guantanamo Bay. more >>

Gitmo Closing: an Easy Call for Bush

The lines appear to be drawn on closing the country's notorious prison at Guantánamo Bay.. more >>

Khalid Sheik Mohammed Confesses

The Pentagon has released a report on the confessions of captured al Qaeda leader Khalid Sheik Mohammed.. more >>

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