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DoD censors B. Mohamed's Lawyer's letter to Obama detailing torture (video)
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DoD censors B. Mohamed's Lawyer's letter to Obama detailing torture (video)
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Pentagon Officials Censor Letter To Obama Detailing Gitmo Detainee’s Rendition And Torture
thinkprogress.org - 2/13/2009
Pentagon Officials Censor Letter To Obama Detailing Gitmo Detainee’s Rendition And Torture
— thinkprogress.org — Lawyers for Binyam Mohamed — an Egyptian-born British resident and current Guantanamo Bay detainee — have been... engaged in a long-running legal battle to prove his innocence and ultimately win his release. Last week, the British High Court ... (more) Pentagon Officials Censor Letter To Obama Detailing ...

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Pentagon Officials Censor Letter To Obama Detailing Gitmo Detainee’s Rendition And Torture
Think Progress — Lawyers for Binyam Mohamed — an Egyptian-born British resident and current Guantanamo Bay detainee — have been engaged in a long-running legal battle to prove his innocence and ultimately win his release. Last week, the British High Court ruled against releasing documents describing torture techniques used against Mohamed while in U.S. custody, reportedly because the documents also prove British collaboration in his torture. Two days ago, Clive Stafford Smith, one of Mohamed’s lawyers, wrote a letter to President Obama in an appeal to make the documents public and to inform him of his client’s case. However, the letter was ...

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Thursday, February 12, 2009
The Latest on Air America — The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Thursday, February 12, 2009

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