thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com - 6/22/2009
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By GottaLaff Major Barry Wingard If you want your eyes opened, do not only read the following post, read this one and this one , too. They are the prequels. I will continue to post about this as long as I am able. Why? Because torture is wrong, torturing people should have consequences (as ...
article.nationalreview.com - 6/24/2009
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Military Attorney Major Barry Wingard Reveals Injustices Continue at Gitmo, White House & Mainstream Media Don't Seem to Care
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... 95% of the prisoners captured in Afghanistan were not captured by American forces. Fayiz was swept up and sold to our guys by bounty hunters. He had always considered America an ally, but he was in for a rude awakening. The Guantanamo Bay Resort is not the swanky new digs it's been cracked up to be. After President Obama was elected, the perception was that Gitmo would be closed, and things would improve. But Barry feels that the opposite has happened. How bad is it? This bad: Attorney-client privilege is now a thing of the past. His client's letters have been opened, which, ...
Barry Wingard Wants Better Justice for Those Still at Guantanamo, Wins Wings of Justice Award
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... for those who aren't getting justice -- Lt. Col. Barry Wingard. Wingard is an attorney at Guantanamo and Fayiz al-Kandari is his client. For those who shouted loudly while George W. Bush was in charge, not as many have shouted in the last six months. Wingard has been the exception. Wingard noted earlier that as bad as things were under the Bush Administration, it has only been in the last few months that al-Kandari's mail has been open, and the information used against his client. Attorney/client privilege? Gone . Now Wingard isn't some snotty nose kid who is trying to make a ...
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