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Is Bagram Obama's New Secret Prison?

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

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Andy Worthington

The Obama administration is following Bush's lead by unilaterally rewriting the Geneva Conventions, presumably to allow it to continue exploiting prisoners of war for their supposed intelligence value.

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No Escape From Guantanamo: The Latest Habeas Rulings

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Andy Worthington

Rulings made by District Court judges in the habeas corpus appeals of prisoners held at Guantánamo seemed to confirm that the courts were uniquely placed to deliver justice to the prisoners.

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Bush's Proposed Terror Legacy: A Legal Basis for Perpetual War

Andy Worthington | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics

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Andy Worthington

Just when you think that there can be no more outrageous proposals from the current Lame Duck government, and that it's down to a straight race betwee...

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