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submitted by eooties 42 months ago, from nytimes.com
A panel of six military officers convicted a former driver for Osama bin Laden of one war crime Wednesday but acquitted him of another, completing the first military commission trial here and the first conducted by the United States since the end of World War II. More
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submitted by agabriel 43 months ago, from uk.reuters.com
The first U.S. war crimes trial since World War Two began on Monday at the U.S. navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, nearly seven years after the September 11 attacks prompted President George W. Bush to declare war on terrorism. Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, faces charges of... More
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submitted by riverdrops 43 months ago, from news.yahoo.com
The US government is developing a "long-range plan" to empty its war-on-terror prison at its naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba, and seeking help on what to do with inmates who won't be tried, The Washington Post reported Friday. President George W. Bush's administration may ask Congress to... More
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submitted by grandie4 43 months ago, from iht.com
The military trainers who came to Guantanamo Bay in December 2002 based an entire interrogation class on a chart showing the effects of "coercive management techniques" for possible use on prisoners, including "sleep deprivation," "prolonged constraint," and "exposure." What the trainers did not... More
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submitted by blueheat 44 months ago, from politico.com
On May 9, five men currently incarcerated at the Guantanamo Bay detention center were charged in connection with the 9/11 terror attacks. Under the Military Commissions Act of 2006, which authorizes that detainee trials begin within 120 days, they could end up in a courtroom in September... More
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by Matt Apuzzo from hosted.ap.org, 44 months ago
Last week the Supreme Court ruled that Guantanamo Bay detainees could challenge their detention in federal court. Now it's up to the federal judges to figure out how that will work. Judge Royce C. Lamberth, the chief judge of Washington's federal courthouse, met behind closed doors Wednesday... More
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from feeds.washingtonpost.com, 44 months ago
A senior CIA lawyer advised Pentagon officials about the use of harsh interrogation techniques on detainees at Guantanamo Bay in a meeting in late 2002, defending waterboarding and other methods as permissible despite U.S. and international laws banning torture, according to documents... More
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by Anne Flaherty from hosted.ap.org, 44 months ago
Military officials tasked with training U.S. troops to evade enemy interrogations helped Pentagon lawyers devise a list of abusive tactics that could be used in prisons like Guantanamo Bay, a top Senate Democrat said Tuesday... More
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from feeds.washingtonpost.com, 44 months ago
When Khalid Sheik Mohammed and other alleged co-conspirators in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks seek to represent themselves in military commissions trials in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, they may be barred from reviewing highly classified evidence and might not have access to the intelligence agents... More
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submitted by eooties 44 months ago, from newsweek.com
When it comes to national security—fighting wars and defending the nation—the courts have long deferred to the president and Congress. After 9/11, the Bush administration counted on judges staying out of the way as it figured out what to do with suspects rounded up in the War on Terror. More
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submitted by rodeox 44 months ago, from washingtonpost.com
The White House and allies in Congress have begun exploring how to limit the scope of this week's Supreme Court ruling that says suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay have the right to challenge their detentions in federal court. Administration lawyers were digesting the ramifications... More
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submitted by eooties 44 months ago, from elections.foxnews.com
John McCain said Friday that the Supreme Court ruling on Guantanamo Bay detainees is "one of the worst decisions in the history of this country." The presumptive GOP nominee said the decision, a 5-4 ruling Thursday that determined Guantanamo detainees have the right to seek release in civilian... More
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by Joseph Coleman from hosted.ap.org, 44 months ago
The military trials against U.S.-held detainees at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba will not be affected by a Supreme Court ruling that the detainees have the right to appeal in U.S. civilian courts, Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Friday. Mukasey, speaking at a Group of Eight meeting of justice... More
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submitted by blueheat 44 months ago, from latimes.com
Currently, about 270 men are at Guantanamo -- 19 already charged with war crimes, and 250 or so being held without charges, many for more than six years. These prisoners can now get a day in court before a federal judge who will determine whether the government has sufficient evidence... More
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submitted by grandie4 44 months ago, from abcnews.go.com
In a stinging defeat for the Bush administration, the Supreme Court ruled today that detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have a constitutional right to challenge their detentions in federal court and that congressional legislation has failed to provide a reasonable substitute for such a hearing. More
