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Issue Of Closing Guantanamo Is Far From Settled

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 12.05.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has tracked down and killed Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki and other al-Qaida leaders. Yet, in spite of ...

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Domestic Military Detention Isn't Necessary

David Rittgers | Posted 07.09.2011

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David Rittgers

Our soldiers and investigators have demonstrated their capability to defeat Al Qaeda both on the battlefield and in the courtroom. We should let them do their jobs and not mix the two realms for the sake of political posturing.

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Dan Froomkin

Obama Faces Balancing Act With Signing Statement

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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White House officials are drafting a statement for President Barack Obama to issue when he signs the latest military spending bill, rejecting provisio...

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Sam Stein

Sen. Cardin: Obama Hasn't Been Transparent On Gitmo, Detainees

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The inability of the Obama administration to follow through on its promise to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay has largely been attributed...

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Sam Stein

David Axelrod Won't Commit To Closing Guantanamo By End Of 2010

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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White House senior adviser David Axelrod refused on Sunday to say whether the Obama administration will close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay b...

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Justice, Guantanamo Style

Amy McGann | Posted 05.25.2011

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Amy McGann

As the closing of Guantanamo becomes a fading priority, it is business as usual at the military commissions.

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Dan Froomkin

Obama Administration Demands Amnesia From Reporters Covering Gitmo

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jack Newfield, the legendary investigative reporter, once wrote that if government officials had their way, journalists would be "stenographers with a...

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The Sad Saga Continues in Guantanamo Bay

Jonathan Tracy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jonathan Tracy

After sixteen months of the Obama administration, it is a sad fact that we have not made appreciable shifts away from Bush's military commission polices.

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New Guantanamo Tribunals Manual Leaves Unanswered Questions

McClatchy | Carol Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba -- The long awaited new rule book for the Obama-era war court doesn't resolve a key issue that bedeviled its predecess...

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Closing Guantanamo Bay Fades As A Priority

New York Times | CHARLIE SAVAGE | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stymied by political opposition and focused on competing priorities, the Obama administration has sidelined efforts to close the Guantánamo prison, m...

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Obama Administration Sidelines Guantanamo Closure

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Stymied by political opposition and focused on competing priorities, the Obama administration has sidelined efforts to close the Guantá...

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Sam Stein

Levin: Gitmo Closure Going Nowhere, 'Not Enough' Push From Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's been more than five months since the Obama administration missed its self-imposed deadline for the closure of the detention center at Guantanamo ...

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Dan Froomkin

With Greg Craig Out Of The Way, Coast Is Clear For White House To Make Legal Calls On Political Grounds

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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The White House counsel ideally serves as the president's conscience. But late last year, Barack Obama's conscience was surgically removed. Greg Cra...

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Sam Stein

Robert Gibbs: We Don't Know When Gitmo Will Be Closed

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Friday marks the one-year anniversary of President Obama's pledge to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay within the year. And, as anyone wh...

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Report: Executing Gitmo Detainees Will Endanger America

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Center For American Progress, a public policy think-tank based in D.C., has released a report that investigates the implications of the closure of...

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A Gitmo Christmas Carol: Say 'Bah Humbug' to Cheney (Video)

Danielle Celena Belton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Danielle Celena Belton

New Security Action released this video over the holidays as part of a concerted effort to call for the closing of the prison at Guantanamo Bay. Here are some facts about the prison at Guantanamo Bay:

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Obama's Guantanamo Plans Casualty Of Detroit Terror Plot?

McClatchy | Carol Rosenberg | Miami Herald | Posted 05.25.2011

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The foiled Christmas Day plot to blow up a jetliner over Detroit has thrown up a major roadblock to President Barack Obama's pledge to close the priso...

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Think Again: Blame Gitmo

Eric Alterman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eric Alterman

Conservative temperatures rose shortly after Christmas when reports surfaced that members of a group that took "credit" for the failed "underpants" attack had previously been detainees at Guantanamo Bay.

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Obama: Guantanamo Won't Close By January Deadline

washingtonpost.com | Anne E. Kornblut | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING -- President Obama directly acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that the prison facility at Guantanamo Bay will not close by the January...

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Sam Stein

Lieberman: The United States Must Pre-Emptively Act In Yemen

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Joseph Lieberman, (I-Conn) a renowned hawk and one of the foremost champions of the invasion of Iraq, warned on Sunday that the United States fac...

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Terror Attempt May Hinder Plans To Close GITMO

nytimes.com | PETER BAKER and CHARLIE SAVAGE | Posted 05.25.2011

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KANEOHE, Hawaii -- The attempted bombing of an American passenger plane on Christmas Day could greatly complicate President Obama's efforts to close t...

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Obama Guantanamo Closing: White House Regroups After Missteps

Posted 05.25.2011

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This article by Dafna Linzer, ProPublica, and Anne E. Kornblut, Washington Post, was published by ProPublica under a Creative Commons license. With ...

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Obama Still On Track To Close Gitmo By January

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon's top lawyer on Thursday said the Obama administration remains committed to closing the Guantanamo Bay prison by early...

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Obama Administration Making Progress On Getting Detainees Out Of Gitmo

Washington Post | Peter Finn | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama administration has secured commitments from nearly a dozen countries willing to accept detainees from Guantanamo Bay and is increasingly con...

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Obama Aide Raises Doubt About Gitmo Closing Deadline

Wall Street Journal | SIOBHAN GORMAN and EVAN PEREZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama administration's counterterrorism chief appeared to provide the first indication the administration may not make its January deadline for cl...

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