Guantánamo Endgame
The Editors : George W. Bush
New revelations of political interference in the prosecution of Gitmo prisoners shows Team Bush scrambling to keep one step ahead of history--and of criminal charges.
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Unlawful Influence at Gitmo
Ross Tuttle : US Military
Lieut. Cmdr. Brian Mizer has filed a motion to dismiss charges against Salim Hamdan, in light of new evidence documenting the improper involvement of political appointees.
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Pentagon General Counsel Resigns
Ross Tuttle : US Military
As criticism over his support for torture and his interference in the Gitmo trials escalates, William J. Haynes steps down.
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Rigged Trials at Gitmo
Ross Tuttle : Civil Rights & Liberties
Has the Pentagon foreclosed the possibility of acquittals for terror suspects?
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Rigged Trials at Gitmo
Ross Tuttle
In an exclusive interview, Col. Morris Davis, former chief prosecutor for Guantánamo's military commissions, says that the Pentagon has foreclosed the possibility of acquittals.
2007
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Gitmo Justice
David Hicks pleads guilty and goes free, while the Supreme Court denies nearly 400 other terror suspects their day in court. This is justice?
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Guantánamo, Dred Scott and the Amistad
Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith : Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court should look back on its most regrettable and most courageous decisions.
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Justice Perverted
Jonathan Hafetz : Constitutional Questions
Unless the Supreme Court or Congress intervenes, an appeals court ruling this week on Guantánamo detainees opens the door to a global detention system where people can be moved like pawns in a perversion of American justice.
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Gitmo Turns Five
It's been five years since the first prisoners arrived at the US Naval base at Guantánamo. Will the new Congress undo the damage?
2006
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Torture and the Content of our Character
Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith : US Military
The standoff between the Senate and the Bush Administration over military tribunals, torture and war crimes tests core legal and moral issues and will determine the kind of country America wishes to be.
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A President Rebuked
The Supreme Court's Hamdan v. Rumsfeld decision is to Bush what the Pentagon Papers were to Nixon: a devastating rebuke of a President who thought he had a blank check and a clear affirmation of human rights and the rule of law.
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Status Quo Gitmo
Progressives have sparked courtroom litigation and social protest to focus public attention on Guantánamo. Now the Bush Administration should shut it down.
2005
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Pilgrimage to Guantánamo
Twenty-five members of the Catholic Worker movement are walking across Cuba to the US Naval prison at Guantánamo Bay in hopes of meeting with more than 500 detainees, the first time peace activists have brought their protests to the tropical gulag. If they are turned away, the pilgrims plan on conducting a vigil outside.
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An Army of Lawyers
Human rights organizations have coordinated an investigation into torture and an extensive defense of detainees, organizing lawyers who represent clients from nonprofits to oil and gas companies. But the issue of torture needs to transcend the legal world.
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Secrets and Lies
Karen J. Greenberg : George W. Bush Administration
By the time the first prisoners were taken in Iraq, a green light to abuse had been issued in writing. Now torture is cloaked in a veil of secrecy, with obscured statistics, dismissal of human rights reports and outright denial. Torture has proved to be a window into the Bush Administration's pursuit of the war on terror.
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Gitmo's Hunger Strikers
Clive Stafford Smith : US Wars & Military Action
The US military is keeping the ongoing hunger strike and forced feedings of Guantanamo Bay under wraps. And an apathetic American media is showing no interest in exposing the situation.
2004
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