scotusblog.com - 11/21/2008
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The Justice Department, in the final filing before the D.C. Circuit Court examines a government plea to keep Guantanamo Bay detainees out of the U.S., argued on Friday that the Executive Branch has authority to hold aliens in detention even if they are not considered enemies of the U.S. And, ...
opiniojuris.org - 11/17/2008
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Somali pirates strike again, this time hijacking a
Saudi-owned tanker off the coast of Kenya . The...
running stand off with the hijacked ship carrying arms and a Ukrainian crew continues; Russia announces that it repelled an attack on a different ...
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Here There Bee (More) Pirates … and Might the ...
mcclatchydc.com - 11/20/2008
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WASHINGTON — Although the Pentagon officially has welcomed
the new accord on a U.S. troop withdrawal from...
Iraq, senior military officials are privately criticizing President Bush for giving Iraq more control over U.S. military operations for ...
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Why the U.S. blinked on its troop agreement with Iraq
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How Guantanamo Can Be Closed: More Advice for Barack Obama
Antiwar.com Original —
... in the United States. This was a proud moment for American justice, but the Uighurs never made it to Washington DC or Tallahassee. Instead, the government appealed, the Justice Department wheeled out its old and discredited allegations about the men being connected to terrorism (thereby stymieing attempts to find a third country to take them), and, in a brief filed for hearings next week, asserted that the executive branch "has authority to hold aliens in detention even if they are not considered enemies of the US," adding, for good measure, "even if the detention is ...
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