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Obama and the Indefinite Detention of US Citizens

Alexander Cockburn
January 4, 2012   |    This article appeared in the January 23, 2012 edition of The Nation.
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With the signing of the National Defense Authorization Act, the president has brought Guantánamo-style justice to the United States.

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Alexander Cockburn
Alexander Cockburn, The Nation's "Beat the Devil" columnist and one of America's best-known radical...

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Alexander Cockburn
January 4, 2012   |    This article appeared in the January 23, 2012 edition of The Nation.
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