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Justice Department won't appeal order to free Kuwaiti at Guantánamo
Justice Department won't appeal order to free Kuwaiti at Guantánamo
A Kuwaiti Airways engineer whom the U.S. military has accused of being a key aide to Osama bin Laden has been moved to the Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, detention center's collective prison camp for detainees cleared for release.
Obama endorses military commissions for Guantánamo detainees
csmonitor.com — Obama signed the Military Commissions Act of 2009 Wednesday. Critics say it is an improvement over past... efforts but still offers only second-class justice to Guantánamo detainees. By Warren Richey | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor from ... (more) Obama endorses military commissions for Guantánamo detainees
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Justice Department won't appeal order to free Kuwaiti at Guantánamo
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... by his American interrogators at Guantánamo, where he's been held for nearly eight years. Cynamon noted in the letters that U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly's Sept. 17 ruling ordering Rabia's release included "a detailed description of the abusive and coercive tactics used by interrogators to extract patently false confessions from Mr. al Rabia." Cynamon said he made a similar request to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Oct. 5, but hasn't received a response. Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/sto...

Detainee Tab Dump
ACS Blog — A.) The government will not appeal a federal court order to release Gauntanamo detainee Fouad Rabia. B.) A distinguished, bipartisan group is urging trials in federal court for detainees. C.) The town of Amherst, Mass. passed a resolution welcoming "cleared" Guantanamo detainees. D.) For a total of $1.26 million, the government settled a case with five men alleging abuse at a New York detention facility in the wake of 9/11. (H/T to Daphne Eviatar at The Washington ...

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