news.yahoo.com - 1/21/2009
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GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) Hours after taking office on Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama ordered military prosecutors in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals to ask for a 120-day halt in all pending cases. Military judges were expected to rule on the request on Wednesday ...
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Obama Seeks Halt to Legal Proceedings at Guantanamo
bostonherald.com - 1/14/2009
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W ASHINGTON Terror suspects who have been held
but released from Guantanamo Bay are increasingly returning to
the fight against the United States and its allies, the Pentagon said today. Sixty-one detainees who have been released from the U.S. Navy ...
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Pentagon: Guantanamo detainees back to battlefield
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9-11 Killers Spared!... Obama Halts Gitmo War Crimes Tribunals
Gateway Pundit —
Thank goodness... The 9-11 killers are spared. 9-11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed can sleep soundly tonight. He has a new friend in the White House. The new POTUS halted all Gitmo tribunals. Reuters reported: Hours after taking office on Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama ordered military prosecutors in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals to ask for a 120-day halt in all pending cases. Military judges were expected to rule on the request on Wednesday at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ...
Early Morning Swim: Special First Post-BushCo Edition
Firedoglake —
... here, here, here, and here.
MoJo and The Nation weigh in.
Jane's thoughts here.
The Arab world's reax.
Sullivan has wingnut reax to the speech.
HuffPo has ball roundups.
Guess he's not a strict constructionist after all.
He's lucky he only got booed.
Obama's first day on the job.
Obama Administration to halt Gitmo trials.
The White House gets a blog.
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WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD, PRESIDENT OBAMA
Dr. Sanity —
... in some parts of the world that hate America and all it stands for is not simply going to vanish no matter how much talk of 'hope and change' (i.e., appeasement and sucking up to evil) issues forth from the new, improved, progressive (i.e., ...
Barry Ask For Temporary Halt To G’itmo Trials
Pirate's Cove —
... Hours after taking office on Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama ordered military prosecutors in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals to ask for a 120-day halt in all pending cases. ...
Barry Ask For Temporary Halt To G’itmo Trials
Stop The ACLU —
... (don’t ask me. I was working, and I never watch them. Can’t stand all the pomp and circumstance), President Barry, after a couple Marlboro’s, made a decision. Sort of [image] ...
Stopping Gitmo trials
Political Animal —
STOPPING GITMO TRIALS.... So far, so good . Hours after taking office, U.S. President Barack Obama ordered military prosecutors in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals to ask for a 120-day halt in all pending cases and a judge granted the request on Wednesday in the case against a young Canadian. When defense lawyers did not oppose the move, a judge froze the proceedings against Canadian Omar Khadr, who was captured at age 15 and is accused of murdering a U.S. soldier with a grenade during a firefight in Afghanistan. [...] Obama's order to the prosecutors was issued several ...
Obama Count
Pirate's Cove —
So, let’s see: not even one week since the coronation, and Obama has already
signed an order putting a temporary halt to G’itmo detainee trials, which was pretty much his second order.
The first was signing a proclamation declaring 20 January 2009 a national day of renewal and reconciliation.
signed an order closing Guantanamo Bay detention center, but has no idea where to put the jihadis
signed an order closing CIA “black sites.” In the process, he told the world how many there were, which ...
Obama Count-Not Even A Week
Stop The ACLU —
signed an order putting a temporary halt to G’itmo detainee trials , which was pretty much his second order. The first was signing a proclamation declaring 20 January 2009 a national day of renewal and reconciliation. signed an order ...
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CNN Poll: Americans split on closing Guantanamo Bay prison
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 1/22/2009 — A detainee is seen through a fence in July at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – A new national poll suggests Americans are split over whether the U.S. should close the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay. But ...
Canadian's battle role cast in doubt at Guantanamo
reuters.com 1/8/2009 — GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A Canadian teen was buried facedown under the rubble of a bombed-out compound when someone threw the grenade that killed a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan, according to a soldier's report cited at the U.S. ...
Cuba's Hidden Heroes
spectator.org 12/31/2008 —
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Power
concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never
will." -- Frederick Douglass
December marks the 60 th anniversary of the United
Nations Universal Declaration of Human ...
More On Guantanamo
boomantribune.com 1/13/2009 — The New York Times reports that Barack Obama is likely to sign an executive order calling for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison facility on his first day in office. In addition, they report that the Obama Team is likely to immediately scrap the ...
No Gitmo order just yet —
First Read 1/21/2009
From NBC's Chuck Todd and Jim MiklaszewskiPentagon and White House officials tell NBC News that NO OFFICIAL ORDER to suspend legal proceedings against terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay has been given by the White House or Pentagon -- at least not yet ...
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