time.com - 12/8/2008
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time.com —
The President-elect wants to close Gitmo and may
end its controversial prosecutions. But Brig. Gen. Thomas W....
Hartmann is making that as difficult as possible
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Trying to Tie Obama's Hands on Gitmo
obsidianwings.blogs.com - 12/9/2008
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obsidianwings.blogs.com —
by publius I’ve been reading Jane Mayer’s The
Dark Side , and it’s very good. The book...
provides a comprehensive look at the administration’s novel and generally lawless response to 9/11 (detention, rendition, etc.). It’s a somewhat radicalizing ...
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... Guantanamo Bay detainees could see changes in the rules governing the conduct of their trials. Recent internal communication from the Defense Department attest to a debate over certain privileges and obligations of the defendant, including government access to health records and the right to appear at their own trials. (Time) ...
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hisvorpal.wordpress.com 11/17/2008 — I didn’t want to go here, and the country probably doesn’t, either, but Alan Keyes has decided to go there, and that means the gloves have to come off.
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