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War on Terror

Open Letter to Robert Kagan

Matthew Duss | Posted 07.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Iran, Neoconservatives, Iraq, War on Terror, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Robert Kagan, Media News
Matthew Duss

You can't actually believe that Obama is "siding with the Iranian regime" against the Iranian people, or that his outreach to Iran depends upon keeping hardliners in power, can you?

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CIA May Be Protecting Cheney With Blocked Report

The Plumline | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan War, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Washington Post, War on Terror, Gitmo, Abu Ghraib, Cia, Iraq War, Dick Cheney, Enhanced Interrogations, Marcy Wheeler, Cia-Inspector-General-Report, Torture, Politics News

On Friday, there may be a major development in the torture wars: The CIA is set to release portions of a 2004 report that reportedly found no proof th...

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Empty Evidence: The Stories of the Saudis Released From Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Khalid Saad Mohammed, War on Terror, Terrorism, Pakistan, Abu Zubaydah, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, Justice Department, US District Court, Boumediene v. Bush, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Habeas Corpus, Dick Cheney, Abdul Aziz Al-Noofayee, Politics News, Politics, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Saudi Arabia, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, The Guantanamo Files, Judge Gladys Kessler, Advocacy, Closing Guantanamo, World, World News, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Khalid Saad Mohammed seized from a hospital in Pakistan and sold to the U.S. military. But the authorities in GITMO had never managed to build up a credible case against him.

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Who Are the Four Guantanamo Uighurs Sent to Bermuda?

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Palau, United Kingdom, Terrorism, Judge Ricardo Urbina, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Abdul Semet, US District Court, Justice Department, Abdul Nasser, Barack Obama, Uighurs, Dick Cheney, Politics News, Politics, Bermuda, Guantanamo Uighurs, Judge A. Raymond Randolph, Guantanamo Bay, Huzaifa Parhat, Jalal Jalaladin, China, Closing Guantanamo, Politics News
Andy Worthington

The Uighurs should never have been held at all; the Pentagon was only interested in them because of the intelligence they might have provided about the activities of the Chinese government.

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1 In 10 Gitmo Detainees Weighs Less Than 112 Pounds

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sami Al-Haj, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Abdul Rahman Al-Amri, Gitmo, War on Terror, Politics News

"Guantánamo's Hidden History: Shocking Statistics of Starvation" is a report I've compiled for Cageprisoners analyzing the weight records for prisone...

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Senate Probe Could Target Cheney For Interrogation Briefings

Mother Jones | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: CIA Interrogations, Senator Carl Levin, Dick-Cheney-Interrogation, Cia, Diane Feinstein, Senate Intelligence Committee, Guantanamo, CIA Torture, Enhanced Interrogations, War on Terror, Gitmo, Dick Cheney, Torture, Politics News

Dick Cheney, as vice president, was once the president of the Senate. Now he could become the target of a Senate investigation, for the Senate intelli...

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From Guantanamo to the South Pacific: Is This a Joke?

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: War on Terror, World, Afghanistan, Palau, Terrorism, Judge Ricardo Urbina, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, World News, Guantanamo Uighurs, Politics News, Albania, Judge A. Raymond Randolph, Guantanamo Bay, Breaking Politics News, China, Closing Guantanamo, World News
Andy Worthington

Could there be an answer to the Obama administration's Uighur problem?

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My Pro-Israel Friends Need Pro-Zac

Larry Gellman | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jews, War on Terror, Jeffrey Goldberg, Obama Muslim, Haaretz, Terrorism, Middle East Politics, President Obama, Obama, Barack Obama, Aipac, Middle East, Pro-Israel Advocacy, Jewish, Obama AIPAC, The Atlantic, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel-Bonds, Muslim, Israel, United-Jewish-Appeal, Israel Gaza Operation, Max Blumenthal, World News
Larry Gellman

What was once a proud, smart, intelligent, nuanced, and diverse movement has devolved into a combination cult-booster club.

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Time Is Money -- About Half a Million Dollars a Minute

T. Boone Pickens | Posted 07.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Foreign Oil, T-Boone Pickens, Wind Energy, Oil, Green Energy, War on Terror, Oil Dependence, Green News
T. Boone Pickens

We pay for both sides of the War on Terror, and we've been doing so for decades. That's got to be one of the stupidest things I've ever heard of.

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The Student of History Needs to Go to Summer School

Mark Levine | Posted 07.07.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Islam, Obama, War on Terror, Islamic Radicalism, Middle East, Cairo, Obama Cairo, Obama Mideast Trip, Palestine, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Western Sahara, Soviet Union, Morocco, Israel, Iraq, India, World News
Mark Levine

For all its well-intentioned rhetoric, President Obama's speech was, sadly, conceptually flawed, empirically challenged, and politically blind to the daily realities that drive hundreds of millions of Muslims to increasing despair.

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Progressive Security and Conserving Rights

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Liberty, Security, War on Terror, National Security, Terrorism, Politics News
Amitai Etzioni

There is no reason for the Democrats to allow themselves to be painted again as the party that is weak on defense, an image that will haunt them when the next terrorist attack hits.

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Obama Speech Aimed At Bin Laden, Aides Say

Politico | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Terror, Barack Obama, Terrorism, Bin Laden, President Obama, Obama, Obama Cairo Speech, War on Terror, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News

President Barack Obama's speech to the Muslim world was loaded with phrases and ideas aimed very much at rattling one man he never mentioned: Osama bi...

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Reading The Pictures: Monsters of Gitmo

Michael Shaw | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Photos, Gitmo, Congress, News Images, Democrats, The Frame, War on Terror, Supermax, Images, Prisoner Slideshow, Terror, Detainee Photos, Guantanamo Bay, Gitmo Slideshow, Prison, Gitmo Prisoners, Slideshow, Republicans, Prisoner Photos, Sacramento Bee, Supermax Prisons, Pictures, Miami Herald, Politics News
Michael Shaw

2009-06-02-gitmo20_06.jpg In the past weeks and days, new photos have been released of Gitmo prisoners.

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Judge: Gitmo Legal Documents Must Be Public

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, War on Terror, Terrorism, Gitmo, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A federal judge ordered the United States on Monday to publicly reveal unclassified versions of its allegations and evidence justif...

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Free The Guantanamo Uighurs!

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.02.2009 | World

Read More: Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Us Constitution, Judge Judith Rogers, War on Terror, Terrorism, Judge Ricardo Urbina, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Supreme Court Guantanamo Detainees, Nimbyism, Justice Department, US District Court, Boumediene v. Bush, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Uighurs, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Politics, Guantanamo Uighurs, Judge A. Raymond Randolph, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson, China, Elena Kagan, Advocacy, Closing Guantanamo, World News
Andy Worthington

Obama needs to find the courage to resist the shrill opportunism of some of his least principled colleagues, and to order the Uighurs' release into the United States.

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Forgotten: The Second Anniversary of a Guantanamo Suicide

Andy Worthington | Posted 06.30.2009 | World

Read More: Yemen, World, War on Terror, Terrorism, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Saudi Rehabilitation, Abdul Rahman Al-Amri, Taliban, Barack Obama, World News, Dick Cheney, Al Qaeda, Politics, Robert Gates, Saudi Arabia, Guantanamo Bay, Breaking Politics News, Guantanamo Suicides, The Guantanamo Files, Closing Guantanamo, World News
Andy Worthington

Today, unnoticed in the Western media (although I can't vouch for the Arabic world) is the second anniversary of the death at Guantánamo -- apparently by suicide -- of Abdul Rahman al-Amri.

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Devil Management: A Case Study

Rob Asghar | Posted 06.29.2009 | World

Read More: Salman Ahmad, War on Terror, Public Diplomacy, Middle East, Obama Middle East, World News
Rob Asghar

It may be high time for progressives to think differently - and more practically - about peace, based on the increasing evidence that human beings are built for war.

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FBI's Anti-Terror Role To Expand In Break From Bush

LA Times | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Terrorism, Cia, War on Terror, Terrorism, Justice Department, Global Justice, Fbi, Politics News

The FBI and Justice Department plan to significantly expand their role in global counter-terrorism operations, part of a U.S. policy shift that will r...

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The Detention Election Game

Anne-Marie Cusac | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Tom Coburn, Presidential Election, Charles Grassley, War on Terror, Prison, Oscar Goodman, Terrorism, Prolonged Detention, Barack Obama, Torture Memos, Politics News
Anne-Marie Cusac

Obama wants to win in November 2012. It's never too early for a campaigning Democrat to get tough on crime.

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Obama's Guantánamo Appeasement Plan

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Preventive Detention, Guantanamo, War on Terror, Military Commissions, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Marjorie Cohn

Obama's capitulation to the intelligence gurus and the right-wing attack dogs will not only imperil the rule of law; it will actually make us more vulnerable to future acts of terrorism.

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Obama and Cheney: Dueling in Different Universes

Jim Selman | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Enhanced Interrogrations, National Security, American Values, Cheney, Bush Administration Torture, War on Terror, Cheney Torture, Politics News
Jim Selman

When people become polarized, there is no common ground from which to build a common future.

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Cheney Should Remember -- Really Remember -- Our Fallen Troops

David Quigg | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military, Memorial Day, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Iraq War, War Casualties, George W. Bush, 9/11, Iraq, Military Families, Afghanistan War, Dick Cheney, Politics News
David Quigg

If today were any day other than Memorial Day, I wouldn't make it to the end of this sentence without flinging some heartfelt insult at Dick Cheney.

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Left, Right & Center: Obama VS. Cheney On Detainees And California In Chaos

Huff Radio | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: California, War on Terror, Economic Crisis, Calfornia's Healthcare, CIA Torture, California Public Schools, KCRW Left Right & Center, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Torture, Politics News
Huff Radio

Obama and Cheney dueling speeches but is being against torture a left-right issue? And as the economy continues to slide, California suffers a severe budget crisis.

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Jason Linkins

Liz Cheney Accuses Obama Of "Libel" On "Morning Joe" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo Closure, 9/11, War on Terror, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney, Politics News

I get the feeling that the Cheneys don't actually know what "libel" is, frankly! But I guess if you've spent so much time above the law, it can be pretty difficult to discern.

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A Dangerous Day for War On Terror

Julie Menin | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, War on Terror, Cheney, National Security, September 11th, Politics News
Julie Menin

Today was not a great day for the war on terror. Hearing these two dueling speeches by the President and former Vice President did not advance our g...

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