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 controversial facility immediately. The ACLU ...
washingtonpost.com - 11/12/2008
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washingtonpost.com —
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 ...
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Guantanamo Closure Called Obama Priority
guardian.co.uk - 11/11/2008
huffingtonpost.com - 11/10/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
WASHINGTON — 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 to close ...
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Obama Plans Guantanamo Close, US Trials
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Obama Clarifies Position on Guantanamo Trials
TalkLeft —
... Not so fast. After the reports, Obama released a statement denying he was considering a new kind of court for the detainees, but that also said: ...
Remainders: Keeping him in
Jonathan Martin's Blog —
Heilemann previews the Obama infighting.
Human rights groups call for him to close Gitmo.
Obama doesn't want Lieberman out of the Democratic caucus.
Salter goes to the mat to defend McCain.
Newt graciously says he'll accept the RNC chair if offered.
Final turnout: 130 million.
Solis Doyle in the White House?
Ruffini wants to squash all 2012 talk now, pointing out that no one talked about Obama until October 2006.
Which Emanuel brother are you? ...
Ambiguous Is His Middle Name and It's Amateur Hour at the Office of the President-elect
Ace of Spades HQ —
... when he was talking to the U.S. press. (Now, Poland is kowtowing to Obama, saying it was all a misunderstanding.) This is an echo of Obama's NAFTA gaffe with Canada, which was also blamed on a misunderstanding with one of Obama's advisers. This morning he was for closing Guantanamo Bay, and having the detainees face criminal charges in U.S. criminal courts, courts using the Uniform Code of Military Justice, or new, specially created national security courts. This evening, he has backtracked yet again . "There is absolutely no truth to reports that a decision has been made ...
Obama to Study Detainee Files After Taking Office
TalkLeft —
... dozen, not a lot -- of future captures," said Charles D. Stimson, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs. Charles Stimson? The Charles "Cully" Stimson called "contemptible" in editorials by both the Washington Post and New York Times? The Charles "Cully" Stimson who had to resign over his contemptible comments? Now he's worthy of being quoted as an expert in a Washington Post news article? At least Obama has debunked the reports he was planning a new national security court. For one thing (from today's ...
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