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Will Obama Prosecute the Captured Somali 'Pirate' in a US Court?

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.14.2009 | World

Read More: Geneva Conventions, St. Augustine, Richard Phillips, President Obama, Somali Pirates, Guantanamo, Wall Street Journal, Habeas Corpus, Bagram, Maersk Alabama, Kenya, Captain Richard Phillips, Vice Admiral Bill Gortney, Uss Bainbridge, Francis Boyle, Scott Horton, Somalia, Uss-Bainbridge-Somali-Pirates, Cal Thomas, Newt Gingrich, Captured Pirate, Pirates, Pirate Trial, World News
Jeremy Scahill

What would a "pirate" defense actually look like? Remember, some Somalis -- and other international observers -- do not exactly see the "pirates" as being 100% unjustified in their actions.

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Guantanamo's Long-Term Hunger Striker Should Be Sent Home

Andy Worthington | Posted 04.20.2009 | World

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Hunger Strike, Force Feeding, Terrorism, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Barack Obama, Col. Bruce Vargo, Politics, Medical Ethics Guantanamo, Gen. Bantz J. Craddock, Guantanamo Hunger Strike, Sami Al-Haj, Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Zuhair, Breaking Politics News, Guantanamo Suicides, Ramzi Kassem, World News
Andy Worthington

Ahmed Zuhair, a 35-year old Saudi prisoner at Guantánamo -- and a father of ten -- has been on a hunger strike since June 2005, at the start of a fra...

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Guantanamo Meets Geneva Rules: Pentagon

New York Times | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Pentagon, Pentagon Reports, Geneva Convention, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Obama Gitmo, Guantanamo Geneva Rules, Gitmo Detainees, Obama Pentagon, Gitmo, Politics News

A Pentagon report requested by President Obama on the conditions at the Guantánamo Bay detention center concludes that the prison complies with the h...

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There is No "Z" in Blackwater

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Mercenaries, Bush, Blackwater, Xe, Bechtel, Philip Morris, Altria Group, Politics News
Michael B. Laskoff

Mercenaries are a fact of life, as is marketing. Changing your name does not change what you have done, but changing the Commander In Chief can lead to new restrictions.

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Unspeakable Abuse at Gitmo -- We Need the Names of These "Medical Personnel"

Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 03.19.2009 | World

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Human Rights, Guantanamo Bay, Torture, Bush Administration, Army Private Brandon Neely, Black Sites, Secret Prisons, War Crimes, World News
Larisa Alexandrovna

The medical staff at Gitmo who engaged in torture of detainees all violated their oath and should have their medical licenses revoked. I want names.

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Who's Running Guantanamo?

Andy Worthington | Posted 03.12.2009 | World

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Hunger Strike, Terrorism, Abdul Rahim Al-Nashiri, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Lt. Col. Yvonne Bradley, Death in Guantanamo, Susan Crawford, Binyam Mohamed, David Addington, Military Commissions Act, Barack Obama, Military Commissions, Dick Cheney, Politics, Bush Administration Torture, Guantanamo Hunger Strike, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Robert Gates, Sandra Hodgkinson, Breaking Politics News, Col. James Pohl, Mohammed Al-Qahtani, Tara Jones, Closing Guantanamo, Torture, World News
Andy Worthington

On January 20, the answer to that question seemed obvious. However, on January 29, the Commissions' recently appointed chief judge provided the first challenge to the president's plans.

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Obama's Decisive Break with Bush's "War on Terror" Policies

Andy Worthington | Posted 02.23.2009 | World

Read More: Geneva Conventions, CIA Secret Prisons, War on Terror, Ali Al-Marri, Presidential Orders, Terrorism, Army Field Manual, Authorization of Military Force, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, CIA Torture, David Addington, Military Commissions Act, Obama's First 100 Days, Uighurs, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Military Commissions, Politics News, Politics, Guantanamo Uighurs, UN Convention Against Torture, Cia, US Enemy Combatant, President Bush, Obama Presidential Orders, Torture, Closing Guantanamo, Extraordinary Rendition, Gitmo, Obama Closing Guantanamo, Obama Executive Order, Obama Torture, Obama Guantanamo, Guantanamo Closure, Closure, Guantanamo Bay, Obama Detention, Obama Presidency, Obama Detention Policy, Obama Gitmo, 100 Days, World News
Andy Worthington

Obama's new Orders are a bold start, but more detail is required, dangerous loopholes must be shut off permanently, and other parts of the Bush administration's dark legacy need to be swiftly addressed.

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Obama on Torture: Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow

Ari Melber | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Nsa, change.gov, Bob Fertik, Ccr, Obama, Spying, Geneva Conventions, Gitmo, Barack Obama, Abu Ghraib, Patrick Fitzgerald, Obama Torture Commission, Torture, Politics News
Ari Melber

This answer tracks the language of many torture apologists (and advocates) in Washington, who posit a choice between protecting the country today and second-guessing the past.

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Seven Years of Guantanamo, Seven Years of Torture and Lies

Andy Worthington | Posted 02.11.2009 | World

Read More: George Bush, Geneva Conventions, Al-Qaeda, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Maj. Gen. Michael Dunlavey, Donald Rumsfeld, Guantanamo, David Addington, Taliban, Salim Hamdan, Barack Obama, Military Commissions, Dick Cheney, Osama Bin Laden, Bush Administration Torture, Guantanamo Hunger Strike, Obama Transition, Closing Guantanamo, Torture, The Guantanamo Files, World News
Andy Worthington

Seven years later, it should be abundantly clear that none of the defenders of Guantanamo who indulged in hysterical rhetoric had any idea what they were talking about.

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Mitchell Bard is Wrong On Israel

Ben Cohen | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

Read More: Geneva Conventions, International Law, Israel, Mitchell Bard, Gaza, Hamas, Moshe Dayan, War Crimes, Israe L Gaza Operation, Israeli Airstrikes, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel Airstrikes, World News
Ben Cohen

Hamas did not start this conflict. Here's an extensive time line of events, making clear that Israel broke the ceasefire, not Hamas.

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Did Israel Use Disproportionate Force?

Lionel Beehner | Posted 01.31.2009 | World

Read More: Proportionality, Disproportionate Force, Israel, Hamas, Geneva Conventions, Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Territories, Civilian Casualties, Fatah, Ehud Barak, Israeli Airstrikes, Gaza, Gaza City, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel Airstrikes, Israel Gaza Operation, World News
Lionel Beehner

The tide of public opinion seems to invariably side with the underdog, regardless of who's to blame. Hence, Israel now finds itself in the awkward yet familiar position of defending its actions.

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A Hundred Eyes for an Eye

Norman Solomon | Posted 01.29.2009 | World

Read More: Gandhi, Israelis, Human Rights, Gaza, Arabs, Phyllis Bennis, Israel, Institute for Policy Studies, Geneva Conventions, Palestinians, I. F. Stone, World News
Norman Solomon

Routinely, the politicians and pundits of Washington can't summon minimal decency in themselves or each other on the subject of Israel and Palestinians.

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The Ten Lies of Dick Cheney (Part One)

Andy Worthington | Posted 01.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Jack Cloonan, Sere, Torture Memo, Timothy Flanigan, Waterboarding Torture, Terrorism, John Yoo, Vanity Fair, Abu Zubaydah, Warrantless Wiretapping, Donald Rumsfeld, Senate Armed Services Committee, CIA Torture, David Addington, Dick Cheney, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, David Rose, ABC News, President Bush, Alberto Gonzales, Torture, Guantanamo, Cheney Interview, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Cheney's version of the truth on interrogations does not stand up to scrutiny, and features ten lies that should not be allowed to pass without further comment and analysis.

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Clint and Cheney: a Tale of Two Dicks

Arianna Huffington | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, CIA Interrogations, Guantanamo, Gran Torino, Walt Kowalski, CIA Torture, Abu Ghraib, Dick Cheney, Clint Eastwood, Bush Administration, Bush Administration Torture, Guantanamo Torture, Enhanced Interrogations, Cheney Interview, Cheney Torture, Dick Cheney Iraq, Alberto Mora, General Petraeus, Carl Levin, Abu Ghraib Abuse, Torture, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

The VP and Eastwood's character are both gruff, prickly, taciturn, sandpaper-voiced men, given to conservative views, macho posturing, and a narrow view of right and wrong. And they both always seem on the verge of telling people around them to go f**k themselves. Read More Will The Madoff Debacle Finally End The "Who Could Have Known?" Era? Iraq. Fannie Mae. Citigroup. Bernie Madoff. When you look at the elements that were crucial to the creation of each of these debacles, it's amazing how much in common they all have. And not just in how they began but in how they ended: with those responsible being amazed at what happened, because...who could have known? Read More Watch: Arianna Talks New Media and Politics with Ashton Kutcher

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From Guantanamo to Accountability and Beyond

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Human Rights Center, Presidential Powers, Office of the Pardon Attorney, US Accountability Project, Interrogation, Jonathan Mahler, Carolyn Patty Blum, Presidential Pardons, Open Society Institute, Military Commissions, Detention, The Challenge, International Center for Transitional Justice, Center for Constitutional Rights, Human Rights Violations, International Human Rights, Civil Liberties, Military Tribunals, Aclu, Pardons, Eric Stover, Laurel Fletcher, Osi, Politics News
Arlene M. Roberts

President-elect Obama made known his intention to close the Guantanamo detention facility. The projected closure raises a plethora of issues.

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Bush: On the Line

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, George Bush, Bill of Rights, Bush Administration Torture, Bush Administration, Freddie Mac, Department of Defense, Wall Street, George W. Bush, Enron, Auto Industry, Fannie May, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

President Bush and his henchmen are working overtime to ensure that the full extent of damage inflicted upon detainees never sees the light of day.

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Why Guantanamo Must Be Closed: Advice for Barack Obama

Andy Worthington | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, US Supreme Court, Kandahar, Abdul Hamid Al-Ghizzawi, War on Terror, Terrorism, Unitary Executive Theory, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Donald Rumsfeld, David Addington, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Guantanamo Uighurs, Abdul Razzaq Hekmati, Enemy Combatants, Bagram, Combatant Status Review Tribunals, New York Times, Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, The Guantanamo Files, Closing Guantanamo, Politics News
Andy Worthington

In an attempt to separate fact from fiction, I'd like to offer my advice, based on the three years I have spent studying Guantanamo in unprecedented detail.

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A Bright New Day - But What Now, President Obama?

Andy Worthington | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Us Constitution, Obama Election Day, Election Day, President Obama, Guantanamo, CIA Torture, David Addington, Military Commissions Act, Barack Obama, Abu Ghraib, Dick Cheney, Barack Obama 2008, HuffPost Election Reaction, Election Reaction, Barack Obama President, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Millions of Americans have proved that they are hungry for change and have elected a president whose very identity bridges a divide in American society.

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"Top Cover"

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Executive Immunity, George Bush, Karl Rove, Bush Administration, Destroyed Emails Bush Administration, Bush War Crimes, George W. Bush, Top Cover, CIA Torture, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Enhanced Interrogations, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

A government that makes peace more profitable than war is one that provides the leadership needed to move us from a state of continual peril.

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Powell's Tortured Endorsement

Charles J. Brown | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Colin Powell, United Nations, Guantanamo, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Barack Obama, Abu Ghraib, Dick Cheney, War Crimes, Human Rights, Jane Mayer, John Ashcroft, Condoleezza Rice, Security Council, Bush Administration, George Tenet, Election 2008, Torture, Convention Against Torture, Unsc, Politics News
Charles J. Brown

Powell endorsed Obama and I was moved by his statement, particularly his challenge to Republicans about their demonization of Islam. Despite this, I don't welcome his endorsement.

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A Message to Barack Obama: Don't Forget Cheney and Addington

Andy Worthington | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, John McCain, Combatant Status Review Tribunals, Guantanamo, CIA Torture, Bagram, David Addington, Military Commissions Act, Presidential Debates, Barack Obama, Abu Ghraib, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Obama the presidential candidate has been almost silent on the crimes of the current administration.

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Guantanamo: Government Says Six Years Is Not Long Enough To Prepare Evidence

Andy Worthington | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, US Supreme Court, UN Convention Against Torture, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Huzaifa Parhat, US District Court, Judge Thomas Hogan, Boumediene v. Bush, Habeas Corpus, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Imagine after six and a half years of this imprisonment -- in which, unlike convicted criminals on the US mainland, you have never been charged or tried, and have not been allowed a single visit from your loved ones.

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Ambassador for All War Crimes Except Our Own

Charles J. Brown | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, John Bolton, John Yoo, Human Rights Watch, Sri Lanka, Guantanamo, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Iraq, Madeleine Albright, Dick Cheney, War Crimes, Condoleezza Rice, International Criminal Court, Timothy Flanigan, David Scheffer, Stephen Cambone, William J. Haynes, David Addington, Yugoslavia, Michael Chertoff, State Department, War on Terror, Jane Mayer, John Ashcroft, George Tenet, Cambodia, Clint Williamson, Alberto Gonzales, Rwanda, Torture, Icty, Ictr, George Bush, United Nations, 9/11, Human Rights Abuses, Convention on Torture, Abu Ghraib, Icc, Politics News
Charles J. Brown

The Office of War Crimes Issues doesn't just tell other countries to do as we say and not as we do. The Administration has actually made OWCI complicit of its own war crimes apparatus.

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Seized at 15, Omar Khadr turns 22 in Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 10.20.2008 | Home

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Lt. Cmdr. William Kuebler, Col. Patrick Parrish, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Nathan Whitling, Guantanamo, Salim Hamdan, Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann, Omar Khadr, Dennis Edney, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Col. Peter Brownback, Military Commissions, Home News
Andy Worthington

Today, Omar Khadr, the sole Canadian citizen in Guantánamo, marks his 22nd birthday in isolation. Seized in Afghanistan when he was just 15 years old...

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Two Afghans Released from Guantanamo: a Farmer and a Teenager

Andy Worthington | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Abdul Wahab, Bagram, Mahbub Rahman, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Taliban, Afghanistan, The Guantanamo Files, Politics News
Andy Worthington

The stories of the two Afghans released with Madni -- though involving slightly less brutality -- do nothing to justify the United States' detention policies in the "War on Terror."

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