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Robert Greenwald: What President-Elect Obama Must Do Once He Closes Gitmo
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
"What is abundantly clear is that no matter how hard the government tries to advance the military commissions, this process doesn't work...The only solution is to shut the military commissions down and start from scratch." - Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union
Closing Guantanamo Bay will be a crucial first step toward restoring our moral leadership in the world, but President-elect Obama must also end the unconstitutional military commissions put in place by President Bush. These so-called "legal proceedings" are more akin to kangaroo courts ...
Obama: Close Gitmo and No Torture
Crooks and Liars —
It's really very simple. Obama needs to keep his word and close down Guantanamo Bay and make sure we DO NOT TORTURE. I was on a conference call with Anthony Romero from the ACLU last night who was at the trial yesterday, and he said the awful military commission, led by the judge, Colonel Stephen Henley, put on a good performance to make believe these guys were tried in a real court. It was all kangaroo. In a letter the judge read aloud in court, the five defendants said they "request an immediate hearing session to announce our confessions". The defendants said in the note that they made their decision on 4 November, the day Mr Obama was elected to become the next US ...
VIDEO: End Unconstitutional Military Commissions
The Political Carnival —
By GottaLaff I won't stop posting about this until things change for the better. The good news is, Americans are becoming much more aware of the injustices that exist, and the atrocities that began with BushCo: All my previous posts on this subject matter can be found here; That link includes audio and video interviews with Lt. Col. Wingard, one by David Shuster, one by Ana Marie Cox, and more. My guest commentary at BuzzFlash is here. If you are inclined to help rectify these injustices: Twitterers, use the hashtag #FreeFayiz. We have ...
