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Judge Orders Release From Guantanamo of Kuwaiti Who Met Bin Laden

Andy Worthington | Posted 09.18.2009 | World

Read More: Supreme Court, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Terrorism, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo Task Force, Guantanamo, Susan Crawford, David Addington, Justice Department, Military Commissions, Dick Cheney, Afghanistan War, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, John Bellinger, Jane Mayer, Cia, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, Fouad Al-Rabia, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Sleep Deprivation, Torture, Gitmo, World News
Andy Worthington

Following Judge Kollar-Kotelly's ruling, the DOJ did not indicate whether it will appeal the decision, but I sincerely hope that the government follows the judge's advice and repatriates al-Rabia.

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Talk Radio Rules Blue Dog States

Sue Wilson | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Arkansas, Michael Copps, Republican National Committee, Rush Limbaugh, Rnc, Lousiana, Indiana, Ohio, Susan Crawford, Georgia, Obama Health Care, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Utah, Blue Dog Seven, Fcc, Sean Hannity, Tennessee, 1996 Telecommunications Act, Blue Dog Democrats, Media News
Sue Wilson

22 percent of Americans get their news from talk radio, and conservative talkers, like Hannity and Limbaugh, have been lying to their listeners about what's in the health care bill.

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Former Insider Shatters Credibility of Military Commissions

Andy Worthington | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Preventive Detention, Mohamed Jawad, David Kris, Department of Defense, War on Terror, Harsh Interrogations, President Obama, Guantanamo, Obama Administration, John Hutson, World News, Dick Cheney, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Sen. Carl Levin, Robert Gates, Jeh Johnson, National Security, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, World, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Senate Armed Services Committee, Susan Crawford, David Addington, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Military Commissions, House Committee on the Judiciary, Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, Capt. John Murphy, George Toscas, Federal Court, Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann, Torture, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Lt. Col. Vandeveld said, "I simply could not in good conscience continue to work for an ad-hoc, hastily created apparatus whose evident resort to expediency and ethical compromise were so contrary to my own."

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What the Hell Have We Become?

Mike Papantonio | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pap Attack, Susan Crawford, George W Bush, Ring of Fire, Al-Kahtani, Golefttv, Mike Papantonio, Interrogation, Air America, Guantanamo Bay, Torture Memos, Gitmo, Torture, Politics News
Mike Papantonio

Rather than two convictions, non-Gitmo prosecutors have had 148 successful trials and convictions of terrorists.

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Obama's First 100 Days: A Start On Guantanamo, But Not Enough

Andy Worthington | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

Read More: Preventive Detention, Geneva Conventions, Pentagon Guantanamo, War on Terror, Algeria, President Obama, Guantanamo, Taliban, Binyam Mohamed, Omar Khadr, Eric Holder, Habeas Corpus, Obama Executive Orders, Dick Cheney, Politics, Libya, UN Convention Against Torture, Enemy Combatants, Robert Gates, Col. Patrick Parrish, Obama Guantanamo, Saudi Arabia, US Senate, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, Col. James Pohl, Judge Reggie B. Walton, Closing Guantanamo, Pentagon, US Supreme Court, Tunisia, Terrorism, Judge Ricardo Urbina, Neal Katyal, Guantanamo Detainees, Susan Crawford, David Addington, Ayman Batarfi, Justice Department, US District Court, Boumediene v. Bush, Barack Obama, Uighurs, Al Qaeda, Military Commissions, Guantanamo Uighurs, Lawrence Wilkerson, Judge Richard Leon, Uzbekistan, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, Obama First 100 Days, China, 100 Days, World News
Andy Worthington

Just Binyam Mohamed and the Yemeni doctor, Ayman Batarfi have been cleared for release. At this rate, of course, it will take decades to close Guantánamo.

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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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Key Bush Gitmo Advisors Still Burrowed In At Pentagon

AP | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

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A senior judge who has not followed President Barack Obama's order to halt military trials at Guantanamo Bay is among Bush administration appointees s...

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Pentagon Official: 9/11 Suspect Was Tortured

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mohammed Al-Qahtani, Torture, 9/11 Suspect Tortured, US Torture, Susan Crawford, Susan J. Crawford, Qahtani, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration maintained Wednesday that the U.S. does not torture prisoners despite a claim to the contrary from the mili...

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The Dying Days of the Guantanamo Trials

Andy Worthington | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

Read More: Mohamed Jawad, Al-Qaeda, Col. Stephen Henley, David Hicks, Guantanamo, Taliban, Omar Khadr, Dick Cheney, Lt. Cmdr. William Kuebler, Tarek El-Sawah, Ali Hamza Al-Bahlul, Col. James Pohl, The Guantanamo Files, Closing Guantanamo, Abdul Ghani, Ahmed Al-Darbi, Afghanistan, Abdul Rahim Al-Nashiri, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, CIA Torture, Susan Crawford, David Addington, Salim Hamdan, Noor Uthman Muhammed, Barack Obama, Military Commissions, Osama Bin Laden, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann, Torture, Politics, World News
Andy Worthington

The Military Commissions to try Guantanamo detainees have rarely grabbed the media attention that a novel, flagship program to try "terror suspects" should have attracted.

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New Evidence of Systemic Bias in Guantanamo Trials

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mohamed Jawad, Col. Stephen Henley, Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, Col. Morris Davis, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Susan Crawford, David Addington, Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann, Maj. David Frakt, Convening Authority, Col. Mike Chapman, Capt. Patrick McCarthy, Military Commissions, Dick Cheney, Terrorism, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington, author of The Guantánamo Files, continues his analysis of the corrupt command structure of the Military Commissions at Guantánamo,...

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The Dark Heart of Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mohamed Jawad, Terrorism, David Hicks, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, CIA Torture, Susan Crawford, David Addington, Salim Hamdan, Military Commissions Act, Omar Khadr, Military Commissions, Dick Cheney, Daniel Dell'Orto, Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, Col. Morris Davis, Scott Horton, William J. Haynes II, Maj. David Frakt, Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Vandevelt's profound criticisms of a system that imprisons juveniles and suppresses evidence relevant to the defense, is just part of a much darker narrative that has been unfolding for the last 18 months.

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British Court Rules Against UK and US in Case of Guantanamo Torture Victim Binyam Mohamed

Andy Worthington | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Clive Stafford-Smith, John Bellinger, David Miliband, CIA Secret Prisons, US State Department, UK High Court, Terrorism, American Torture, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Lt. Col. Yvonne Bradley, Susan Crawford, Binyam Mohamed, Military Commissions, Politics News
Andy Worthington

In the lawless world of Guantánamo -- and the United States' even murkier network of secret prisons run by or on behalf of the CIA -- it has taken si...

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