Obama Bagram

Federal Appeals Court Bars Bagram Detainees From Civilian Trials

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Detainees at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan cannot use U.S. courts to challenge their imprisonment the way detainees in Guantanamo...

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Obama's Bagram Fly-In: What He Didn't Visit

Harry Shearer | Posted 05.25.2011

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The most jarring part of the Obama fly-in to Bagram was the part of the base he apparently didn't visit: the secret prison we've been running there for years. It's Gitmo on steroids.

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Lawyer: Tearing Down Bagram Prison Will Destroy Torture Evidence

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A Pentagon plan to demolish its prison at Bagram, Afghanistan, amounts to destroying evidence in the cases of detainees who say the...

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The New Bagram: Has Anything Changed?

Jonathan Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Having toured it, I give the new Bagram detention facility a "vastly improved" grade compared to what it was before. But, that being said, U.S. detention policy still has a long way to go.

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The Dark Prison Gets a Little Spotlight

Harry Shearer | Posted 05.25.2011

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While the President and the punditocracy alike have no compunctions in talking about Guantanamo Bay, the word that continues to be unspoken is Bagram.

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New Bagram Prison Procedures Still Fall Short

Jonathan Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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New Bagram detainee procedures, while not all bad, fail to create a fair and effective detention system that will be credible in the eyes of the Afghan government, the Afghan people, and human rights groups.

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Bagram Prison Threatens Success in Afghanistan

Jonathan Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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The U.S. military finally seems to have learned that dropping bombs on civilians isn't the way to win the hearts and minds of Afghans. But neither is grabbing people out of their houses and jailing them.

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Obama's Bagram Detainees Decision 'Eerily Familiar'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Washington Independent's Daphne Eviatar does a great service today, explaining, with a good deal of precision, how President Barack Obama's recent...

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Obama's Refusal To Reverse Bush Policy In Afghanistan Angers Human Rights Groups

The Independent | By Stephen Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Less than a month after signing an executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, President Barack Obama has quietly agreed to keep denying ...

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Obama Backs Bush On Bagram Detainees

AP | NEDRA PICKLER and MATT APUZZO | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, siding with the Bush White House, contended Friday that detainees in Afghanistan have no constitutional r...

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Afghan Prison At Bagram Poses Problem For Obama

Nytimes.com | ERIC SCHMITT | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- For months, a national debate has raged over the fate of the 245 detainees at the United States military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba...

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