washingtonpost.com - 1/26/2009
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politico.com - 1/23/2009
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politico.com —
Experts predict that American policy towards detainees could
remain for months or even years pretty close to...
what it was as President Bush left office.
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6 signs Gitmo policies may not change
abcnews.go.com - 1/22/2009
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abcnews.go.com —
In this photo, reviewed by the US Military,
an American flag flies, with an old air-traffic control...
tower from a closed-down airport pictured in the background, at Camp Justice, the location of the US Military Commissions court for war crimes, at the ...
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Obama to Order Gitmo Shut Down
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Rumsfeld's Intervention
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... We know the rest. But yesterday's WaPo has some new detail. It tells the story of how the military did
indeed first approach Gitmo - humanely, in concert with the International Red Cross. That's not surprising and what most of us just assumed. The rank and file have been relentlessly trained in humane treatment and the Geneva standards. This was America, after all, and there are some things one just takes for granted. ...
Twelve O'Clock Links
Hit & Run —
* How Gitmo got worse. * Julian Sanchez imagines virtual picket lines. * Steven Johnson prefers modern video games to Sorry, Battleship, and Candy Land. * Bill Kauffman finds the regionalist in Kurt Vonnegut. * George W. Bush's farewell song.
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Re: Gitmo News
corner.nationalreview.com 2/18/2009 — The majority opinion of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing Judge Ricardo Urbina's lawless order that 17 Uighur detainees be released in the United States, is emphatic. A sampling:
Justice Frankfurter summarized the law as it continues to ...
Gitmo.
instaputz.blogspot.com 2/9/2009 — I remember the good old days when, said Putz , merely criticizing Guantanamo Bay "helps the Bush Administration" and that Amnesty International, in doing so, "joined the rather lengthy list of those suffering from Bush Derangement Syndrome." Putz even ...
Closing Gitmo
crooksandliars.com 1/14/2009 —
Obama is apparently sticking to his Sunday claim that it could take more than 100 days to shutter America's Shame. But after an outcry from civil liberties groups, human rights advocates and many of his own supporters he is now also saying (or ...
Blame It on Gitmo
corner.nationalreview.com 2/23/2009 — The Washington Post wonders:
Accused of Being Little More Than a Low-Level Taliban Fighter, Abdallah al-Ajmi Was Held by the U.S. for Nearly Four Years. After His Release, He Blew Up an Iraqi Army Outpost. Did Guantanamo Propel Him to Do It?
He ...
Obama: Gitmo Will Take Time to Close
talkleft.com 1/11/2009 — During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama said he would close Guantanamo during his first 100 days in office. This morning, on ABC 's This Week with Stephanopoulos , he backtracked: "It is more difficult than I think a lot of people realize," ...
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