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Excerpts of Guantanamo Bay Terror Suspect Interrogation

2008-10-28T03:30:30Z

Excerpts of videotape of Guantanamo Bay terror suspect interrogation from 2003

Quote of the Day: VP is "A Barnacle" on the Leg. Branch

2008-10-27T15:30:13Z

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) questioning David Addington, Chief of Staff and Former Counsel to Vice President Cheney, during House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on Detainee Interrogation, June 26, 2008

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Conyers and Yoo: "The Games That Are Being Played"

2008-10-27T15:29:59Z

Fmr. Deputy Asst. Attorney General Office of Legal Counsel John Yoo and Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) during House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on Detainee Interrogation, June 26, 2008

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How to Close Guantanamo - ASK THE EXPERT - CAP's Gude

2008-11-14T16:26:42Z

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/06/guantanamo.html

President George W. Bush is fond of saying that his administration tackles challenges head-on and refuses to leave tough decisions to his successors. No description could be further from the truth when applied to his policy at Guantánamo.

Regardless of what happens over these last months of the Bush administration, the next president will inherit a detainee policy in total disarray. Transfers out of Guantánamo have stalled; the easier cases have already been shipped out, leaving a population stabilizing at around 270 detainees. Trials of Guantánamo detainees in Military Commissions are sputtering as the unproven system struggles to get through simple procedural hearings. Future prosecutions have been thrown into doubt as charges were dropped against a detainee once thought to be the “20th hijacker” on 9/11 because too much of the evidence against him was obtained through torture.

In its third successive decision rebuking the Bush administration’s detention policies, the Supreme Court recently ruled that the Guantánamo detainees have a constitutional right to habeas corpus. This decision will finally allow the detainees to contest the lawfulness of their confinement in a truly impartial hearing before a federal judge, rejecting the Bush administration’s contention that Guantánamo existed outside the law. And beyond the prison’s walls on the eastern tip of Cuba, serious problems have arisen in Afghanistan as both U.S.- and Afghan-run detention camps are replicating the worst excesses of Guantánamo.

One critical conceptual error of the architects of Guantánamo within the Bush administration—an exclusive focus on the threat posed by the detainees themselves—has frustrated the efforts of senior officials like Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to overcome the prison’s deficiencies. This myopic vision has completely discounted the strategic impact Guantánamo has had on the global security environment. In the Bush ...

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Global Pulse - 06/19/08: Gitmo - The Constitution Asserted

2008-10-28T21:29:34Z

(June 19, 2008) America's war on terror encountered a new challenge. In a stunning decision, the Supreme Court said even suspected foreign terrorists are protected by the U.S. Constitution.
Can the landmark ruling and the lesson of one man's ordeal end the legal
limbo of detainees at Guantanamo Bay?

SOURCES: NBC, U.S.; Al Jazeera, Qatar; ABC, U.S.; Press TV, Iran; Fox, U.S.;
BBC, U.K.; Herald Sun, Australia; Metro News, U.K.; Intl. Herald Tribune, U.S.

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Waterboarding Torture Demonstration at Justice Department

2008-10-27T15:31:10Z

On Monday November 5th in Washington DC a graphic demostration of "waterboarding" was performed at the Departmnent of Justice in Washington DC

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Joint Chiefs Chairman Calls for Closing Gitmo - CAP's Boyer

2008-10-26T09:29:48Z

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2006/04/b837247_ct2180533.html

Adm Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff called for the closing of the detainee facility at Guantanamo Bay Cuba, echoing the position of President Bush, Sen John McCain, Defense Secretary William Gates & former Secretary of State Coiln Powell. Fox News asked the question - should Gitmo be closed of Center for American Progress Director of International Law & Diplomacy Spencer Boyer. 1/14/08

www.AMERICANPROGRESS.org

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The Truth About Abu Ghraib - Olbermann

2008-10-16T03:30:15Z

Center for American Progress Senior Fellow PJ Crowley discusses new allegations about the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal on the Countdown with Keith Olbermann. 6/19/07

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Alberto Gonzalez gets Questioned by Arlen Specter

2008-10-16T03:31:20Z

The Young Turks: Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz, and Jill Pike comment on Alberto Gonzalez being questioned by Arlen Specter, regarding his view on habeas corpus. Watch live from 6-9AM ET on www.theyoungturks.com. Listen from 6-9AM ET on Air America Radio.

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