politics.theatlantic.com - 5/18/2009
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The President's paper words today on the Department of Defense's new military commissions: Military commissions have a long tradition in the United States. They are appropriate for trying enemies who violate the laws of war, provided that they are properly structured and administered. In the ...
salon.com - 5/15/2009
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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 ...
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Obama's kinder, gentler military commissions - Glenn ...
corner.nationalreview.com - 5/16/2009
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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 ...
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Obama's Commissions Statement
opiniojuris.org - 5/16/2009
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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 ...
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Human Rights Groups Still Hopeful on Military Commissions
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... In a conference call with reporters following the sit-down, Gabor Rona, the international legal director of Human Rights First, said that officials from the Special Interagency Task Force on Detainee Disposition told him that the administration's announcement on Friday was only prompted by the fact that it was bumping up against the 120-day suspension of the commissions that Obama ordered in January. According to Rona, administration officials worried that if they didn't act before the deadline passed, they could lose the option to use the commissions. To prevent ...
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While South Bend, Ind., was abuzz on Sunday over the president's Dotre Dame address, many residents of nearby Elkhart said they are waiting for his grand economic visions to translate into something tangible.
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