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Gitmo Trials Show Absurdity of War on Terror

The Badger Herald | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Khalid Sheik Mohammad, Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo, Bush Adminsitration, Ksm, War on Terror, Guantanamo Detainees, Politics News

KSM's trial is the condensed metaphor for the way the west has dealt with terrorism. Only in this case, the prosecution knows better than to give in to what al Qaida wants.

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9/11 Mastermind Trial Could Last Years

AP | BEN FOX | Posted 05.06.2012

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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — The U.S. has finally started the prosecution of five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attacks ...

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Everyone Loses In a 9/11 Show Trial

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Federal Courts, 9/11 Trials, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Guantanamo Bay, Counterterrorism, Terrorism, George W. Bush, 9/11, World Trade Center, September 11 Attacks, Ksm, Gitmo, Barack Obama, Military Commissions, Politics News

When even the former chief prosecutor opposes a trial in the military commissions he headed, there's something seriously wrong. Since their creation...

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Donald Rumsfeld: Being Waterboarded Is Better Than Being Killed by a Drone

Elisabeth Braw | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Terrorism, Cyber Security, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Guantanamo, Waterboarding, Ksm, Drones, Osama Bin Laden, World News

"Three prisoners have been waterboarded but not at Guantanamo and not by the Department of Defense. They were waterboarded with the authority of President Bush and the approval of the Department of Justice."

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Obama Caves to Fear -- and to Politics -- in KSM Trial Reversal

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 06.04.2011

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There was something pathetic about watching Eric Holder announce that the administration will bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to trial at Guantanamo Bay on the same day that Obama announced the start of his re-election campaign.

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Eric Holder Lashes Out At Congress Over KSM Trial

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.04.2011

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WASHINGTON -- After announcing it would try 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged conspirators by military commission rather than in...

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Professed 9/11 Mastermind To Face Military Tribunal

AP | PETE YOST and EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: 9/11, 9/11 Attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ksm, Terrorism, KSM Trial, Al Qaeda, World News

WASHINGTON — Yielding to political opposition, the Obama administration gave up Monday on trying avowed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed a...

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Keli McGregor Memorial Unveiled At Coors Field

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER — The Colorado Rockies have placed a permanent memorial to team president Keli McGregor on the outfield wall at Coors Field in a pregame ...

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Ghailani Trial Showcases NYC Is Safe for Terrorist Trials

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: September 11, Cia, Liz Cheney, Counterterrorism, Terrorism, Pakistan, 9/11, Ghailani, Obama, Black Sites, Ksm, New York City, Politics News

Most people don't even realize it, but one of the most dangerous terrorists in US custody has been quietly appearing in a U.S. federal court in downtown Manhattan for pretrial hearings for weeks now.

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Guantanamo Bay Cost: $500 Million In Renovations Since 9/11

The Washington Post | By Scott Higham and Peter Finn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bush, US Military, Terrorism, 9/11, Obama, Ksm, US, Gitmo, Cost, Costs, Deficit, Prison, Guantanamo Bay, Construction, Defense Spending, Cuba, Politics News

In the first public accounting of how much has been spent on the base since the first detainees arrived in January 2002, The Washington Post obtained ...

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Bush's Glib Waterboarding Admission Sparks Outrage

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Intelligence, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, US Military, Al Qaida, Torture, Afghanistan, Terrorism, George W. Bush, International Law, Waterboarding, Ksm, Grand Rapids Economic Club, Iraq, Politics News

George W. Bush's casual acknowledgment Wednesday that he had Khalid Sheikh Mohammed waterboarded -- and would do it again -- has horrified some former...

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March Madness Strikes the Terror Debates

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

Lindsey Graham's effort to get the administration to abandon legitimate federal court trials for suspected terrorists in exchange for the funding needed to close Guantanamo Bay is headed nowhere fast.

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Wittes, Goldsmith, and KSM: "Absurd," "Cynical"

William Fisher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jack Goldsmith, Chip Pitts, Marjorie Cohn, Benjamin Wittes, Daphne Eviatar, David Frakt, KSM Trial, Ksm, Politics News

The American people deserve to know what happened on 9/11 and who was behind it. The families deserve an opportunity to see justice served.

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Try Mohammed at Guantanamo

Vincent J. Vitkowsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guantanamo, Ksm, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, Military Tribunals, Politics News

The suggestion that using civilian trials would serve as a symbol of the strength of our justice system is misplaced. Reality is more important than symbolism, and in reality, it is a no-win situation.

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Wolf Blitzer Apologizes For 'Dept. of Jihad' Text On CNN

Posted 05.25.2011

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CNN's Wolf Blitzer has apologized for using chyron text that seemed to question the loyalties of the Department of Justice. On Thursday, CNN broadca...

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Caving on the 9/11 Trial Would Send All the Wrong Messages

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

President Obama's advisors are planning to recommend that the administration reverse its decision to try the September 11 suspects in federal court. That would be astonishingly bad politics.

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9/11 Trial Reversal: Obama Advisers Set To Recommend Military Tribunals

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Looking to breathe life into President Barack Obama's stalled pledge to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, White House advisers are i...

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Lindsey Graham v. the U.S. Military

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

The overwhelming majority of actual military leaders, with hundreds of years of military experience behind them, all disagree with Lindsey Graham over advocating military trials for all suspected terrorists.

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Progressives Should Slam Conservatives with Zazi Case

Jim Arkedis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Conservatives, Terrorism, Progressives, Najibullah Zazi, Washington Post, Ksm, Eric Holder, Al Qaeda, Politics News

Najibullah Zazi plead guilty yesterday in what should be a major coup for the administration. Right now, they're not exploiting it for all it's worth.

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Biden Questions Bloomberg's Math On 9/11 Terror Trials

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Vice-President Joe Biden, who spent the weekend sparring with his predecessor Dick Cheney on the network news shows, also took on Mayor Bloomberg. Di...

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Holder Blinks: 9/11 Trial May Move

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT and BEN FELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, after weeks of controversy over its proposal to hold a civilian terror trial in New York, gave ground Fri...

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Resolution Opposing Terror Trial Approved By NY State Senate

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York Senate has passed a resolution opposing trials of terrorists being held in New York City. The resolution passed Tue...

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Eric Holder Responds To Cheney, Giuliani, And Defends 9/11 Civilian Trials

Posted 05.25.2011

On January 11th, a few weeks before his plans for a trial at Foley Square fell apart, Holder flew to Boston, to preside over the installation of a new...

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Bloomberg To Obama: Promise You'll Pay For 9/11 Trial Security

AP | SARA KUGLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he is skeptical that the federal government would cover the cost of trying Sept. 11 suspec...

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Obama: NYC 9/11 Trial Not Ruled Out

AP | STEVEN R. HURST | Posted 05.25.2011

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