Judge Suspends Guantanamo Case at Obama's Request

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washingtonpost.com - 1/21/2009

Judge Suspends Guantanamo Case at Obama's Request

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washingtonpost.com - 1/25/2009

Guantanamo Case Files in Disarray

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washingtonpost.com - 1/15/2009

Judge Orders Release of Guantanamo Bay Detainee

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ntwords.blogspot.com - 1/27/2009

Bad Request

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Obama Seeks Delay at Guantanamo Tribunals
Ace of Spades HQ — Obama Seeks Delay at Guantanamo Tribunals In one of his first acts as President, Obama has asked military tribunals preparing to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed and the other 9/11 conspirators, as well as Omar Khadr, to suspend proceedings for 120 days so he can "review the military commissions process, generally, and the cases currently pending before military commissions, specifically." The request was passed through Secretary of Defense Gates. Such a request may not be automatically granted by military judges, and not all defense attorneys may agree to such a suspension. But the ...

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TPMMuckraker — ... The Obama administration has instructed military prosecutors at Guantanamo Bay to seek a 120-day suspension of legal proceedings. One of the first cases to go on hold was that of Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen accused of killing an American soldier in Afghanistan when Khadr was 15. It is unclear whether any other ongoing trials will be postponed, as three of five defendants are representing themselves and not certain to agree to Obama's request. (Washington Post) ...

Obama to Shut Gitmo, Foreign Prisons
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... "The actions are dramatic evidence that Obama is ready to use his authority and political capital to turn back some of the most controversial practices of George W. Bush's administration." But: The Obama administration faces a host of legal, logistical and diplomatic challenges in its plan to close the military prison. ...

Rendition With a Human Face
Neptunus Lex — ... The convulsion of repressed social spending represented in the Congressional stimulus bill combined with the merely symbolic changes to foreign policy - all with ...

Feinstein Wants Pentagon Investigation of Alleged Gitmo Burrowers
TPM Election Central — ... As he follows through with plans to close Guantanamo by next year, President Obama has enough challenges already without Bush political loyalists remaining in the mix. ...