washingtonpost.com - 11/12/2008
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Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, November 12, 2008; A01 The Obama administration will launch a review of the classified files of the approximately 250 detainees at Guantanamo Bay immediately after taking office, as part of an intensive effort to close the U.S. prison in Cuba, according to ...
washingtonpost.com - 11/12/2008
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Guantanamo Closure Called Obama Priority
ap.google.com - 11/11/2008
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ap.google.com —
Nov 10, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) President-elect Obama's advisers
are quietly crafting a proposal to ship dozens, if
not hundreds, of imprisoned terrorism suspects to the United States to face criminal trials, a plan that would make good on his promise ...
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The Associated Press: Obama plans Guantanamo closure, US ...
voices.washingtonpost.com - 11/11/2008
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By Peter Finn The future of the military
prison at Guantanamo Bay barely registered in the campaign,
but with the election over, advocacy groups are stepping up calls for the next administration -- with the assistance of U.S. allies --to shutter the ...
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Human Rights Groups Call on Obama to Shutter Guantanamo ...
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"Guantanamo Closure Called Obama Priority."
Althouse —
So reads the WaPo headline. Here's the text: The Obama administration will launch a review of the classified files of the approximately 250 detainees at Guantanamo Bay immediately after taking office, as part of an intensive effort to close the U.S. prison in Cuba, according to people who advised the campaign on detainee issues.So they'll launch a review... Announcing the closure of the controversial detention facility would be among the most potent signals the incoming administration could send of its sharp break with the ...
Now it can be told
neo-neocon —
... See also this, another “now it can be told” story. Turns out it may not be so easy for Barack to just say no to Guantanamo. ...
National Security Courts Are Unnecessary, Dangerous
ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society —
... As recent news reports demonstrate, the incoming presidential administration faces pressure to support the creation of specialized national security courts. These courts would oversee criminal prosecutions of terrorist suspects, review and supervise a system of preventive detention for terrorist suspects, or both. Yielding to that pressure would be a mistake. ...
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