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atlargely.com - 1/15/2009
Another Gitmo prisoner ordered to be released...
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For all of those lunatics who are convinced that ONLY guilty people, ONLY terrorists are being held at Gitmo, here is yet another case where evidence was "weak" and the prisoner is ordered to be released: A federal judge ordered the release yesterday of a detainee at the U.S. military prison at ...
Obama to Order Gitmo Shut Down
abcnews.go.com - 1/22/2009
Obama to Order Gitmo Shut Down
— abcnews.go.com — In this photo, reviewed by the US Military, an American flag flies, with an old air-traffic control... tower from a closed-down airport pictured in the background, at Camp Justice, the location of the US Military Commissions court for war crimes, at the ... (more) Obama to Order Gitmo Shut Down

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washingtonindependent.com - 1/15/2009
Panetta and … Extraordinary Rendition?
— washingtonindependent.com — My friend Eli Lake reports for The Washington Times that Republicans on the Senate Select Committee on... Intelligence intend to question CIA director-designate Leon Panetta about whether he played any role in ordering terrorism suspects to be kidnapped ... (more) Panetta and … Extraordinary Rendition?

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redstate.com - 1/10/2009
What Did Leon Panetta Know About Rendition And When Did He Know It?
— redstate.com — Thus far, defenders of Director-designate of Central Intelligence Leon Panetta make the following points in defense of... the proposition that he would make a good DCI: In response to arguments that Panetta is not experienced, Panettaphiles tell us ... (more) What Did Leon Panetta Know About Rendition And When Did ...

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Judge Orders Gitmo Detainee, Held Since Age 14, Freed
Newshoggers.com — ... By Cernig Via Larisa, yet another detainee ordered released after the real judicial system, rather than Bush's kangaroo courts, examines the evidence against him. It is the second time that U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon has ordered the release of a detainee after examining government evidence, most of it classified. Leon said that the Justice Department failed to prove that Mohammed El Gharani, 21, is an enemy combatant because it relied heavily on statements made by two other detainees whose credibility is questionable. ...

Judge Orders Gitmo Detainee, Held Since Age 14, Freed
Crooks and Liars — Via Larisa, yet another detainee ordered released after the real judicial system, rather than Bush's kangaroo courts, examines the evidence against him. It is the second time that U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon has ordered the release of a detainee after examining government evidence, most of it classified. Leon said that the Justice Department failed to prove that Mohammed El Gharani, 21, is an enemy combatant because it relied heavily on statements made by two other detainees whose credibility is questionable. ...

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