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Classified: Perverting Democracy by Preventing Disclosure
Lt. Col. Barry Wingard, Truthout: "I have discovered as legal counsel to Guantanamo Bay detainee Fayiz al-Kandari, the government seems dedicated to preventing information from coming to light and minimizing... ...
Government Report on Drugging of Detainees Is Suppressed
Jeffrey Kaye and Jason Leopold, Truthout: "A major Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General (OIG) investigation on the drugging of detainees held at Guantanamo and other Department of Defense... ...
Obama wins the right to invoke "State Secrets" to protect Bush crimes
In a 6-5 ruling issued this afternoon, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals handed the Obama administration a major victory in its efforts to shield Bush crimes from judicial review, when the court upheld... ...
British Military in Iraq: A Shocking Legacy
By Felicity Arbuthnot The British, of course, having come in flying the St George's flag on their vehicles (the Crusaders' flag) slithered out of Basra city, under cover of darkness, to hunker down at... ...
Force-feedings At Guantánamo
The guards strap hunger striker detainees into the force-feeding chair at night. http://www.miamihe rald.com/2010/08/24/178893 8/ramadan-at-guantanamo-ba y-includes.html US admits human rights shortcomings... ...
Other Countries Probing Bush-Era Torture, Why Aren't We?
Shashank Bengali, McClatchy Newspapers: "While US courts and the Obama administration have been reluctant or unwilling to pursue [torture] cases, countries that once backed former President George W. Bush's... ...
US Still Holds Detainee Pentagon Wanted Freed in 2004
http://www.commondreams.or g/headline/2010/08/18-2 http://sharenews.twoday.n et/search?q=Pentagon http: //sharenews.twoday.net/sea rch?q=Guantanamo https://sh arenews.twoday.net/search? q=detainee http://www.goog le.de/search?q=Adnan+Abdul +Latif http://sharenews.tw oday.net/search?q=Carol+Ro senberg ...
Gitmo Trial Puts White House In Tight Spot
By Michael Isikoff National investigative correspondent Top U.N. official calls defendant a 'child soldier,' says proceedings violate international legal norms. http://www.informa tionclearinghouse.info/art icle26124.htm... ...
CIA doctors 'gave green light to torture'
A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals that physicians with the CIA's Office of Medical Services (OMS) played an even greater role in facilitating the torture of detainees... ...
The Origins of Habeas Corpus
Stephen F. Rohde, The Daily Journal: "As U.S. courts grapple with the right of Guantanamo detainees to seek release through habeas corpus, understanding the history and the purpose of the Great Writ seems... ...