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johnboehner.house.gov - 6/9/2009
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Boehner Statement on Importation of First Guantanamo Bay Terrorist Prisoner Jun 9, 2009 Washington - Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) today issued the following statement on reports that Guantanamo Bay terrorist prisoner Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani has been transferred into the United ...
royalgazette.com - 6/11/2009
The Royal Gazette
— royalgazette.com — Breaking News: Premier's statement on Guantanamo Bay This is the Premier’s statement on the four Chinese Muslims... allowed to settle in Bermuda from Guantanamo Bay. This year of 2009 marks four hundred years of friendship between the United States and ... (more) The Royal Gazette

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reuters.com - 6/11/2009
U.S. frees Guantanamo detainee seized when a teenager
— reuters.com — Luke Baker LONDON (Reuters) - An African detainee held at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay... since he was a teenager has been released without charge after more than seven years in captivity, his lawyers said on Thursday. Mohammed El Gharani, a ... (more) U.S. frees Guantanamo detainee seized when a teenager

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politics.theatlantic.com - 6/9/2009
A Guantanamo Inmate Transferred To New York For Trial
— politics.theatlantic.com — In an early-morning news release, the Justice Department announced that Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Guantanamo Bay detainee... since 2006, had been transferred to the custody of corrections officials in New York City and will stand trail for the 1998 ... (more) A Guantanamo Inmate Transferred To New York For Trial

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Think Progress:  Cantor Falsely Claims There Are No ‘Judicial Precedents’ For The Prosecution Of Suspected Terrorists On U.S. Soil

Daily Kos:  Verbal Terrorism?

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Cantor Falsely Claims There Are No ‘Judicial Precedents’ For The Prosecution Of Suspected Terrorists On U.S. Soil
Think Progress — ... The right wing, however, has seized the opportunity to launch baseless, fearmongering attacks, with House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) leading the way: ...

Verbal Terrorism?
Daily Kos — ... To his credit, John Boehner (R-OH) has never donned an explosives-laden vest and walked into a crowded market, but terrorism is also defined as instilling fear into a civilian population. So is it out of line to suggest that official statements like this from a United States congressman are designed only to scare the bejeebus out of the American people? ...

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