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Obama and the Revival of Flawed Military Commissions
talkleft.com - 5/19/2009
Obama and the Revival of Flawed Military Commissions
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The ACLU tells President Obama that reviving the military commissions is like putting lipstick on a pig: "These military commissions are inherently illegitimate, unconstitutional and incapable of delivering outcomes we can trust. Tweaking the rules of these failed tribunals so that they ...
Obama's kinder, gentler military commissions - Glenn Greenwald
salon.com - 5/15/2009
Obama's kinder, gentler military commissions - Glenn Greenwald
— salon.com — (updated below - Update II) It now appears definitive that the Obama administration will attempt to preserve... a "modified" version of George Bush's military commissions, rather than try suspected terrorists in our long-standing civilian court system or ... (more) Obama's kinder, gentler military commissions - Glenn ...

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corner.nationalreview.com - 5/16/2009
Obama's Commissions Statement
— corner.nationalreview.com — President Obama's statement on the reinstatement of the military commissions is astounding. I've already weighed in (here)... on how disingenuous it is of him, in order to rationalize resorting to that which he campaigned against, to pretend that his ... (more) Obama's Commissions Statement

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opiniojuris.org - 5/16/2009
Blog Archive » I Can’t Wait to See Neal Katyal’s Argument In Defense of ...
— opiniojuris.org — It’s official: President Obama is going to revive the use of military commissions to try war on... terror suspects currently held in Guantanamo Bay . Funny how he always announces these sorts of climb-downs on Fridays. The ACLU has vowed to litigate ... (more) Blog Archive » I Can’t Wait to See Neal ...

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