thinkprogress.org - 12/14/2008
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Last month, former Attorney General John Ashcroft spoke before the Hudson Union Society in New York. During his speech, Ashcroft asked the question, “What do we do with people apprehended in the war,” and proceeded to defend and support the Bush administration’s detention ...
news.yahoo.com - 12/8/2008
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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba Five men charged
with plotting the Sept. 11 attacks told a military...
judge Monday that they want to immediately confess at their war-crimes tribunal at Guantanamo Bay , setting up likely guilty pleas and their possible ...
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9/11 suspects ask to make 'confessions' at Gitmo - ...
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... to reverse the Justice Department's decision, sparking a power struggle which saw the White House re-authorize its own program without the approval of the Justice Department. "So, I think the system worked. And I'm glad that it did. It may not prove a whole lot about a lot of things. It may just prove that when I have a lot of morphine in my system, I make the right decisions."In honor of John Ashcroft, who still thinks illegal detention & torture are OK, but bare breasts are bad, I declare War! ...
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