washingtonindependent.com - 10/21/2008
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Remember when George W. Bush was supposed to be considering closing Guantanamo Bay? Explain why anyone ever believed that would happen, please. The New York Times : Despite his stated desire to close the American prison at Guantánamo Bay , Cuba, President Bush has decided not to do so, and never ...
news.yahoo.com - 10/21/2008
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico The Pentagon said Tuesday
it has dropped war-crimes charges against five Guantanamo Bay...
detainees after the former prosecutor in their cases complained that the military was withholding evidence helpful to the defense. None of ...
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US drops charges against 5 Guantanamo prisoners - Yahoo! ...
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Torturing Legality
Newshoggers.com —
... for transferring the detainees elsewhere, according to senior administration officials.
Mr. Bush’s top advisers held a series of meetings at the White House this summer after a Supreme Court ruling in June cast doubt on the future of the American detention center. But Mr. Bush adopted the view of his most hawkish advisers that closing Guantánamo would involve too many legal and political risks to be acceptable, now or any time soon, the officials said. Spencer Ackerman: The “legal risks” are called “due process of law” and ...
Torturing Legality
Crooks and Liars —
... for transferring the detainees elsewhere, according to senior administration officials.
Mr. Bush’s top advisers held a series of meetings at the White House this summer after a Supreme Court ruling in June cast doubt on the future of the American detention center. But Mr. Bush adopted the view of his most hawkish advisers that closing Guantánamo would involve too many legal and political risks to be acceptable, now or any time soon, the officials said.
Spencer Ackerman:
The “legal risks” are called “due process of law” and ...
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