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Impeach Bybee: The Growing Movement to Unseat Bush Torture Lawyer Turned Federal Judge

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Jeremy Scahill

The UN has indicated that Obama's refusal to prosecute torturers may be a violation of International law.

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Alaska House Demands Canonization For "Uncle" Ted!

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Shannyn Moore

I think Mr. Stevens should wait as least as long as the interned Japanese during WWII did for their apology.

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Don't "Split the Baby" with National Security Courts

Ginny Sloan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Preventive Detention, Guantanamo, Justice, National Security Courts, Terrorism, Ginny Sloan, The Constitution Project, Human Rights, War on Terror, Bush Administration Terrorism, Counterterrorism, Hybrid Courts, Habeus Corpus, Due Process, War on Terrorism, Politics News
Ginny Sloan

Proponents of national security courts claim that these new hybrid courts would eliminate burdensome procedural rules that protect the rights of defendants.

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J Edgar Hoover Planned Mass Jailings, Suspension Of Habeus Corpus

New York Times | Tim Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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A newly declassified document shows that J. Edgar Hoover, the longtime director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, had a plan to suspend habeas c...

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