Republican Hypocrisy on Terrorism Reaches New Levels of Awful
Preside over the biggest terrorist attack in American history and it's an epic win for President Bush. Preside over a failed attack and it's an epic fail for President Obama.
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Judge Orders Release from Guantanamo of Unwilling Yemeni Recruit
The administration's reluctance to release Yemenis is based on the fear that detainees who were actually harmless in 2002 may have since actually been radicalized by their stay at Guantanamo.
Gitmo Show Trial And Tell
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When President Barack Obama spoke in Oslo he reiterated his pledge to close Guantanamo Bay. We stand solidly behind that statement and believe in the President's promise to make this a reality.
White House Errs on Guantanamo Facts
By Dafna Linzer, ProPublica Yesterday, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs made two claims about the administration's handling of detainees at Guantan...
"Model Prisoner" at Guantanamo, Tortured in the "Dark Prison," Loses Habeas Corpus Petition
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orris Davis, the retired Air Force Colonel who served as the Chief Prosecutor of the Military Commissions at Guantánamo until 2007, has just lost his job for writing an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal.
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