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Detainee Rights

Jason Linkins

Sarah Palin Battles The Internet (And The Rest Of Your Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Civil Liberties, Internet, Detainee Rights, Media Criticism, Barack Obama, Ross Douthat, Prolonged Detention, Detentions, Sarah Palin, Ceci Connolly, David Letterman, Media News

My advice to Sarah Palin would be to do as the old ad copy said: Never let them see you sweat. Don't get involved in a land war with David Letterman.

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Justice Department Backs Some Constitutional Rights For Detainees

wsj.com | JESS BRAVIN | Posted 07.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rights for Detainees, Guantanamo Bay, Detainee Rights, Gitmo Rights, Constitutional Rights, Rights for Gitmo Detainees, Politics News

The Justice Department has determined that detainees tried by military commissions in the U.S. can claim at least some constitutional rights, particul...

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McClatchy: In Stark Legal Turnaround, Obama Now Resembles Bush

McClatchy | Michael Doyle | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House Power, George Bush, White House, Detainee Rights, Barack Obama, Politics News

President Barack Obama is morphing into George W. Bush, as administration attorneys repeatedly adopt the executive-authority and national-security rat...

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Defending Bush, Obama Administration Appeals Court Decision Allowing Detainees To Challenge Imprisonment

Think Progress | Posted 05.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Bagram, Obama Appeal Detainee Rights, Barack Obama, Detainee Rights, Afghanistan, President Obama, War Wire, Obama Administration, Politics News

Recently, Judge John Bates ruled that some prisoners at the Air Force base in Bagram have a right to challenge their imprisonment in U.S. civilian cou...

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Bush Administration Says Detainee Trials To Continue

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: War on Terror, War Wire, Iraq War, Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Detainee Rights, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's decision on Guantanamo Bay will unleash a torrent of court filings from detainees seeking their freedom but won...

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