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youtube.com - 11/10/2008
Close GITMO and End Military Commissions (video)
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closegitmo.com - 11/10/2008
Close Gitmo & End Military Commissions | ACLU | Brave New Foundation
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volokh.com - 11/14/2008
Military Commissions and National Security Courts After Guantanamo
— volokh.com — My colleague Professor Amos Guiora has just written an interesting essay about what to do with the... Guantanamo detainees. Here is an abstract:... (more) Military Commissions and National Security Courts After ...

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washingtonpost.com - 11/15/2008
Obama Says Gitmo Facility Should Close
— washingtonpost.com — The Associated Press Sunday, June 24, 2007; 8:21 PM SAN ANTONIO -- Barack Obama told a Texas... crowd on Sunday that he wants the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainee facility closed _ a step the Bush administration is considering. The Democratic presidential ... (more) Obama Says Gitmo Facility Should Close

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TalkLeft:  ACLU Launches Close Gitmo Campaign

Politics on HuffingtonPost.com:  Robert Greenwald: Obama Can Help Reclaim Democracy by Closing Gitmo

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ACLU Launches Close Gitmo Campaign
TalkLeft — The ACLU and Brave New Founation launched their Close Guantanamo campaign today. They also took out this full page ad in today's New York Times, calling on Barack Obama to close Gitmo. The website for Close Gitmo is here. A page of resources is here. As President, I will close Guantánamo, reject the Military Commissions Act, and adhere to the Geneva Conventions” – Barack Obama, 8/1/07 ...

Robert Greenwald: Obama Can Help Reclaim Democracy by Closing Gitmo
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — We have the chance to help President-elect Obama reclaim democracy and restore the rule of law in our country, which he can do on his first day in office. By shutting down the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison facility, Obama can take a major step toward redeeming our nation's moral leadership in the world. And by ending unconstitutional military commissions and banning torture, he can cut ties with the highly controversial Bush era of national security. We must seize this critical moment to end the abuses that the Bush administration has perpetrated for the past eight years. That's why we partnered with the ACLU to bring to you our newest ...

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