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ACLU Launches Close Gitmo Campaign
TalkLeft —
... today. They also took out this full page ad in today's New York Times, calling on Barack Obama to close Gitmo. The website for Close Gitmo is ...
Robert Greenwald: Obama Can Help Reclaim Democracy by Closing Gitmo
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
We have the chance to help President-elect Obama reclaim democracy and restore the rule of law in our country, which he can do on his first day in office. By shutting down the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison facility, Obama can take a major step toward redeeming our nation's moral leadership in the world. And by ending unconstitutional military commissions and banning torture, he can cut ties with the highly controversial Bush era of national security. We must seize this critical moment to end the abuses that the Bush administration has perpetrated for the past eight years. That's why we ...
Wobbling into the future
The Sideshow —
... Friedman learn that money is round? Wait six more months to find out. S. Clay Wilson is gravely ill. (And if I'd listened to Maron v. Seder earlier the other day, I'd have known that the Yes Men's version of the NYT was actually distributed in paper form in New York that morning. Which reminds me, Marc made the observation yesterday that Paulson's method seems to be to emulate the throwing money away economic plan from Iraq.) Close Gitmo.
Robert Greenwald: What President-Elect Obama Must Do Once He Closes Gitmo
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
"What is abundantly clear is that no matter how hard the government tries to advance the military commissions, this process doesn't work...The only solution is to shut the military commissions down and start from scratch." - Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union
Closing Guantanamo Bay will be a crucial first step toward restoring our moral leadership in the world, but President-elect Obama must also end the unconstitutional military commissions put in place by President Bush. These so-called ...
Potemkin Justice: BushCo Stage-Managing Gitmo To Tie Obama’s Hands?
Firedoglake —
... odd doings at Gitmo yesterday. Potential guilty pleas, then orders for two mental competency exams, then no pleas at all. So what's up? Plenty.
Last night, I spoke with Anthony Romero of ACLU, who spent the day in Gitmo observing proceedings. When asked whether the incoming Obama administration will finally close Gitmo, the answer is no one knows for certain -- but public pressure is essential to making it happen.
Watch as former Gitmo prosecutors, in this new documentary from ACLU and Brave New Films speak plainly about inherent ...
Omar Khadr's Guantanamo Hearing Today
TalkLeft —
... by political interference, the Guantánamo military commission proceedings have been marred by ethical and legal problems from day one. Among other things, the proceedings allow the admission of secret evidence, hearsay and evidence obtained through torture. The Bush administration has admitted that at least three detainees in its custody have been subjected to waterboarding. It's way past time for Omar, a child of Jihad, to be sent home to Canada. Close Gitmo. ...
Accountability for Torture
Daily Kos —
... of the treaty just as it would any other domestic law — the U.S. Constitution makes clear that such treaties are "the Supreme law of the Land." Although the Bush administration tried to convince the American people and the rest of the world otherwise, CAT applies to all U.S. actions and wherever the U.S. exercises effective control — both at home and abroad. That means, CAT applies to the actions of U.S. officials at U.S.-run detention facilities, including Guantánamo, and other U.S. detention facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan. ...
