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Judge Orders Release from Guantanamo of Al-Qaeda Torture Victim

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Supreme Court, World, War on Terror, Terrorism, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, Taliban, US District Court, Justice Department, Abdul Rahim Janko, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, World News, Dick Cheney, Al Qaeda, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Judge Richard Leon, Sami Al-Haj, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Seton Hall Law School, Abdul Rahim Al-Ginco, Adel Hamad, The Guantanamo Files, Judge Gladys Kessler, Syria, Torture, Advocacy, World News
Andy Worthington

In over three years of researching and reporting about the prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, I learned that many of the men were "Mickey Mouse" prisoners, with no connection to terrorism whatsoever.

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Obama Must Live Up to Campaign Pledge on Vieques Cleanup

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Lead, Lisa Jackson, Napalm, Vieques Puerto Rico, Alan Grayson, Agent Orange, Camp Lejeune, Mercury Poisoning, Justice Department, Depleted Uranium, Eric Holder, Arsenic, Asbestos in Libby Montana, Bush Administration, Contamination, Sovereign Immunity, US Navy, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

President Obama should instruct all relevant federal agencies to live up to his stated commitment to address the health crisis in Vieques immediately, pursue an "environmentally acceptable" clean-up for Vieques, and work toward a fair and complete resolution to the ongoing litigation.

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White House Plans Meeting With Gay Leaders To Smooth Over DOMA Tensions

The Plumline | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gay Rights, Marriage Eqality, Barack Obama, Justice Department, Lambda Legal, President Obama, Obama, Glad, Doma, Gay Marriage, Defense of Marriage Act, Politics News

The Obama Justice Department has reached out to major gay rights organizations and scheduled a private meeting for next week with the groups, in an ap...

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Jason Linkins

DOJ: We Can't Release Cheney Records Because Of Late Night Comedy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Late Night Shows, Jon Stewart, Dick Cheney, Joe Biden, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Politics News

Sarabeth at 1115.org has a piece up today explaining that the Obama administration's efforts to keep the goings-on of the Bush-Cheney White House away...

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White House Defends Anti-Gay Marriage Brief Amid Furor

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, P[Resident Obama, Robert Gibbs, Gay Rights, Jake Tapper, Gay Rights Obama, Obama, Justice Department, Defense of Marriage Act, Gay Marriage, Barney Frank, Politics News

A week after the Justice Department filed a motion in support of the Defense of Marriage Act, White House Press Secretary reiterated the president's c...

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Empty Evidence: The Stories of the Saudis Released From Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Khalid Saad Mohammed, War on Terror, Terrorism, Pakistan, Abu Zubaydah, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, Justice Department, US District Court, Boumediene v. Bush, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Habeas Corpus, Dick Cheney, Abdul Aziz Al-Noofayee, Politics News, Politics, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Saudi Arabia, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, The Guantanamo Files, Judge Gladys Kessler, Advocacy, Closing Guantanamo, World, World News, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Khalid Saad Mohammed seized from a hospital in Pakistan and sold to the U.S. military. But the authorities in GITMO had never managed to build up a credible case against him.

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Obama's Marriage Defense Shouldn't Surprise or Anger Anyone

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Religion, Gay Rights, Proposition 8, Donnie McClurkin, Justice Department, Defense of Marriage Atc, President Obama, Same Sex Marriage, Gop, George Bush, Doma, Religious Fundamentalists, Black Ministers, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The great puzzle is why so many are so hot at President Obama for backing the Defense of Marriage Act.

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Obama's DOMA Defense Unacceptable

Paul Hogarth | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Doma, Justice Department, Doma, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Paul Hogarth

The U.S. Justice Department filed a brief late last week defending a constitutional challenge to DOMA. If pursued by the courts, it could greatly damage gay and lesbian rights.

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Who Are the Four Guantanamo Uighurs Sent to Bermuda?

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Palau, United Kingdom, Terrorism, Judge Ricardo Urbina, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Abdul Semet, US District Court, Justice Department, Abdul Nasser, Barack Obama, Uighurs, Dick Cheney, Politics News, Politics, Bermuda, Guantanamo Uighurs, Judge A. Raymond Randolph, Guantanamo Bay, Huzaifa Parhat, Jalal Jalaladin, China, Closing Guantanamo, Politics News
Andy Worthington

The Uighurs should never have been held at all; the Pentagon was only interested in them because of the intelligence they might have provided about the activities of the Chinese government.

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Google Facing Increasing Scrutiny From Justice Dept. Over Book Deal

Financial Times | Richard Waters | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Online Books, Google Book Deal, Justice Department, Google Online Books, Google, Business News

Google confirmed on Tuesday that it has come under the scrutiny of both the Department of Justice and a number of state attorneys general over a propo...

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Justice Department Freezes $30 Million In Online Poker Payments, Group Says

AP | FREDERIC J. FROMMER | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Poker Players Alliance, Online Poker, Justice Department, Online Poker Payments, Business News

WASHINGTON — An advocacy group for online poker said Tuesday that the federal government has frozen more than $30 million in the accounts of pay...

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The Case for a National Office of Transition

Robbie Gennet | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Economy, Green Jobs, Personal Health, War, President Obama, Green, Jobs, Drugs, Justice Department, Green Energy, War in Iraq, Iraq War, Labor, Military, Unemployment, General Motors, Health, Oil, Financial Crisis, Green Economy, Teachers, Iraq, Unions, Michigan, Health Care, Auto Industry, Personal Finance, Politics News
Robbie Gennet

President Obama is seeking massive changes in the way the US is operating when it comes to energy, transportation, agriculture and labor, among others...

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Justice Dept Investigating Recruiting Practices At Google, Yahoo, Apple

New York Times | Miguel Helft | Posted 07.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Yahoo, Apple, Justice Department, Google, Business News

The Justice Department has begun an investigation into whether the recruiting practices of some of the largest technology companies violated antitrust...

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Free The Guantanamo Uighurs!

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.02.2009 | World

Read More: Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Us Constitution, Judge Judith Rogers, War on Terror, Terrorism, Judge Ricardo Urbina, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Supreme Court Guantanamo Detainees, Nimbyism, Justice Department, US District Court, Boumediene v. Bush, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Uighurs, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Politics, Guantanamo Uighurs, Judge A. Raymond Randolph, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson, China, Elena Kagan, Advocacy, Closing Guantanamo, World News
Andy Worthington

Obama needs to find the courage to resist the shrill opportunism of some of his least principled colleagues, and to order the Uighurs' release into the United States.

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FBI's Anti-Terror Role To Expand In Break From Bush

LA Times | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Terrorism, Cia, War on Terror, Terrorism, Justice Department, Global Justice, Fbi, Politics News

The FBI and Justice Department plan to significantly expand their role in global counter-terrorism operations, part of a U.S. policy shift that will r...

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Justice Dept Asks Judge To Dismiss Anti-Clinton Suit

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Judicial Watch, Justice Department, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit that argues that Hillary Rodham Clinton cannot legally serve as secre...

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DOJ Insurers Probe Sought By Health Care Reform Advocates

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance, Antitrust, Justice Department, Obama, President Obmam, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Activists backing President Barack Obama's health care overhaul are asking the Justice Department to open a wide-ranging investigat...

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Green News Report - May 19, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Green, Green News, Environmental Protection Agency, Superfund, Green News Report, Justice Department, CAFE Standards, President Obama, Green Living, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

In Today's Audio Report: One step forward and two steps back for Obama and the Democrats -- the changing political climate of climate change politics....

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Guantanamo: A Prison Built On Lies

Andy Worthington | Posted 06.19.2009 | World

Read More: Guantanamo Evidence, Foreign Affairs, Abu Zubaydah, President Obama, Administrative Review Boards, Guantanamo, Fbi, Obama Administration, Taliban, Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, Habeas Corpus, Dick Cheney, Politics News, Politics, Enemy Combatants, Obama Guantanamo, Combatant Status Review Tribunals, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Mosaic Theory, Guantanamo Bay, Judge Gladys Kessler, Advocacy, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Pakistan, Guantanamo Detainees, David Addington, Yemeni Detainees Guantanamo, US District Court, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Military Commissions, Al Qaeda, Faisalabad, Guantanamo Uighurs, Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, Cuba, World News
Andy Worthington

It is difficult to see how much of the "evidence" against the Gitmo prisoners can be anything other than a tissue of lies extracted through torture, coercion, bribery and exploitation.

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Love Your Neighbor, Love the Earth

Jim Wallis | Posted 06.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Vieques, Puerto Rican, Compensatory Damages, Toxic Metals, Compensation, Health, Government, Puerto Rican Island, US Navy, Bush Administration, Contaminants, Target Range, Justice Department, Protest, Justice, Sovereign Immunity, Advocacy, Green Living, Green News
Jim Wallis

We cannot claim to care for the poor while we turn our backs on our role in the destruction of the most basic resources our neighbors need for survival.

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Judge Gladys Kessler Releases Yemeni Detainee, Slams "Mosaic" Of Guantanamo Intelligence And Unreliable Witnesses

Andy Worthington | Posted 06.14.2009 | World

Read More: US Supreme Court, Guantanamo Evidence, War on Terror, Terrorism, Pakistan, Abu Zubaydah, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Taliban, Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, US District Court, Justice Department, Eric Holder, Al Qaeda, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Politics, Bagram, Judge Richard Leon, Robert Gates, Obama Guantanamo, Mohammed El-Gharani, Jabran Al-Qahtani, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Mosaic Theory, Guantanamo Bay, Dark Prison, The Guantanamo Files, Judge Gladys Kessler, Torture, Faisalabad, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News
Andy Worthington

I am surprised that senior Obama officials seem to have been content to let a Bush-era approach to prosecution survive unchanged.

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Put Donald T. Sterling's NAACP Award on Hold

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Donald T. Sterling, La Clippers, Racism, Lifetime Achievement Award, Elgin Baylor, Justice Department, Naacp, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The absurdity of giving this award to a man who in word, deed, and symbol is the diametric opposite of everything the nation's premier civil rights group stands for and has fought for is enough to draw a gag.

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Muslims Disproportionate Victims of Flawed Terrorist Watch List

Parvez Ahmed | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Terrorist Watch List, Terrorism, American Muslims, Muslims, Dhs, Justice Department, Fbi, Cbp, Politics News
Parvez Ahmed

It is time for America to reclaim its true legal tradition of judging a person by their actions, not on the basis of their color, practices of their faith or on the basis of their names.

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FBI TERROR LIST Slow To Update

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Justice Department, FBI Terror Watch List, Fbi, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The FBI has been slow to update the national terror suspect watchlist _ and the lapses pose real risks to U.S. security, a Justice ...

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FBI Terror Watch List Highly Flawed: DOJ

New York Times | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

Read More: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Terror Watch List, Foreign Affairs, Terrorism, Global War on Terror, FBI Terror Watch List, Fbi, Department of Justice, Justice Department, War on Terrorism, Advocacy, World News

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has improperly kept nearly 24,000 people on a terrorist watch list based on outdated or sometimes irrelevant infor...

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