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Afghan Prison At Bagram Poses Problem For Obama

Nytimes.com | ERIC SCHMITT | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON -- For months, a national debate has raged over the fate of the 245 detainees at the United States military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba...

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Guantanamo Issue Threatens To Split EU

The Guardian | Peter Walker, Mark Tran | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

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EU countries could be willing to help the US close down Guantánamo Bay by taking in released detainees despite the doubts of some member states, the ...

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Behind The Scenes: Obama Worked For Over A Year On Ending Torture

New Yorker | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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On Thursday, President Barack Obama consigned to history the worst excesses of the Bush Administration's "war on terror." One of the four executive or...

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Obama Can't Review Gitmo Case Files: They Don't Exist

Washington Post | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

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President Obama's plans to expeditiously determine the fates of about 245 terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and quickly close the milit...

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On Closing Guantanamo: A Sisyphean Struggle

Michael Ratner | Posted 02.23.2009 | World

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Michael Ratner

Over 600 lawyers from big firms and small firms, working pro bono, are the attorneys for the hundreds at Guantánamo. These many attorneys understood what was at stake at Guantanamo--liberty itself.

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Judge Gives Obama Time To Weigh In On Detainees

AP | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A federal judge has decided to give the Obama administration time to weigh in on some of the legal cases brought by terror detainee...

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Ex-Gitmo Detainee, Al-Shihri, Joins Al Qaeda In Yemen

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 02.23.2009 | World

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CAIRO, Egypt — A Saudi man released from Guantanamo after spending nearly six years inside the U.S. prison camp is now the No. 2 of Yemen's al-Q...

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Which EU States Will Offer Home To Ex-Gitmo Inmates?

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 02.23.2009 | World

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DUBLIN, Ireland — Across Europe, President Barack Obama's decision to shut the Guantanamo Bay prison has raised an awkward question: Which EU st...

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

Andy Worthington | Posted 02.23.2009 | World

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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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Afghan President Welcomes Obama's Order To Shut Guantanamo

AP | HEIDI VOGT and AMIR SHAH | Posted 02.23.2009 | World

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's president applauded the decision to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay _ where an undisclosed n...

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Obama's Guantánamo Mistake: He's Not Closing Gitmo the Right Way

Brandt Goldstein | Posted 02.22.2009 | World

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Brandt Goldstein

Obama has issued an executive order to shut down the prison. That alone is not enough. An executive order can be changed -- easily.

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Gone-tanamo Bay: the Right Decision

Rep. John Murtha | Posted 02.22.2009 | World

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Rep. John Murtha

The problem with Guantanamo was never about its bricks and mortar. The problem with Guantanamo is that its very existence stains and defies the moral fiber of our great nation.

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The Right's New Stab in the Back Myth

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

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Jacob Heilbrunn

The right is preparing a new stab-in-the-back legend to paint the Obama administration as consisting of a bunch of cowardly liberals unable to stand up to terrorism.

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Sam Stein

Obama Signs Executive Order To Close Guantanamo Bay

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

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The Obama administration called on Thursday for the closure of Guantanamo Bay within the next year. The move will be greeted with widespread approval ...

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Day One, A.B. (After Bush)

John Marshall | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

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John Marshall

Making good on a campaign promise, Obama will close Gitmo, which houses 245 of the dangerous inmates in the world. It is expected that they will be relocated to a place they will fit in, like the DMV or the Post Office.

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Obama's First Day: War, Ethics, Recession, Guantanamo, Mideast (VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT)

Huffington Post/AP/NYT | Compiled by Katharine Zaleski | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

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***Scroll down for video and Obama's full remarks*** On Obama's first day in office, Republicans expressed resistance to the Democratic stimulus plan...

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Obama Will Dive Into Foreign Policy On First Full Day

Washingtonpost.com | Michael D. Shear and Karen DeYoung | Posted 02.20.2009 | World

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President-elect Barack Obama will plunge into foreign policy on his first full day in office tomorrow, finally freed from the constraints of tradition...

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Gitmo War Court: Two Accused Of Orchestrating 9/11 Attacks Offer Confessions

AP | BEN FOX | Posted 02.19.2009 | World

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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Two alleged orchestrators of the 2001 attacks on America casually declared their guilt on Monday in a messy an...

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Sam Stein

Gitmo Protesters Descend On Obama Transition Headquarters

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

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On Monday, it was reported that Barack Obama was prepared to issue an executive order shortly after taking office to close down the United States mili...

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Closing Gitmo Requires Tough Judgments On Inmates

AP | ANDREW O. SELSKY | Posted 02.13.2009 | World

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — President-elect Barack Obama's planned review of Guantanamo Bay prisoners, a prelude to closing the detention center, mu...

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Obama Closing Guantanamo: Preparing Order In First Week

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Advisers to President-elect Barack Obama say one of his first duties in office will be to order the closing of the U.S. military pr...

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Obama: Gitmo Not Likely To Close In First 100 Days (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 02.11.2009 | Politics

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In an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "This Week," President-elect Barack Obama said that he was committed to closing the prison at Guan...

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Closing Guantanamo: France Wants Common EU Policy On Detainees

Deutsche Welle | Posted 01.26.2009 | World

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The French Foreign Ministry called for a common European Union policy Friday, Dec. 26, on how to deal with prisoners currently held in the US prison i...

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Gitmo Lawyer: Gates May Have Committed Perjury

Raw Story | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics

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The announcement Dec. 1 that Barack Obama had retained Bush Defense Secretary Robert Gates was intended to demonstrate the President-elect's desire fo...

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European Nations May Accept Guantanamo Detainees

washingtonpost.com | Posted 01.22.2009 | World

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European nations have begun intensive discussions both within and among their governments on whether to resettle detainees from the U.S. military pris...

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