Guantánamo

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• El traslado de Guantánamo

  
  Ensaios Imperfeitos — Authority: 149
  La decreciente banda de verdaderos creyentes de Obama ha recuperado los ánimos porque su hombre ha terminado por cumplir una de sus muchas promesas – el cierre de la prisión de Guantánamo. Pero no está cerrando la prisión. La trasladará a Illinois, EE.UU., si los republicanos lo permiten. A decir verdad, Obama ...
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• About that moving Gitmo to Illinois…

  
  Fausta's Blog — Authority: 142
  the Obama administration is struggling to come up with the money : While Mr. Obama has acknowledged that he would miss the Jan. 22 deadline for closing the prison that he set shortly after taking office, the administration appeared to take a major step forward last week when he directed subordinates to move “as ...
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• Fantasy on Island of Cuba

  
  IntLawGrrls — Authority: 481
  Fifty-five years ago American moviegoers escaped with matinee idol Gene Kelly across The Pond to the fantasy world Brigadoon , a highland town that disappears for a century at a time. That exotic image does fitting service as metaphor in the newest National Institute of Military Justice account of proceedings ...
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• Illinois residents express fear

  
  Try 2 Focus — Authority: 516
  Who wouldn’t?  Especially considering terrorists are about to be moved within 200 miles of a major metropolis. Emotions ran high Tuesday at a hearing that gave the state’s residents their first chance to weigh in on a plan to bring terror suspects from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba , to a rural western Illinois prison ...
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• Serious Problems With Obama’s Plan To Move Guantánamo To Illinois by Andy Worthington

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 522
  by Andy WorthingtonFeatured WriterDandelion Saladwww.andyworthington.co.uk22 December 2009Last Tuesday, in a letter to Illinois governor Pat Quinn, five senior Obama administration officials — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Attorney General Eric Holder, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Director of National ...
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• US judge backs up Britons torture claim

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  A recently declassified legal opinion from a US district judge reinforces Binyam Mohameds claim that he was tortured A US judge has found that there was "credible" evidence that a British resident was tortured while being held on behalf of Washington. A formerly classified legal opinion, handed down by a judge in the ...
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• From Guantánamo to where? | Dimitrina Petrova

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Those kept in detention by the US only because theres nowhere else to send them deserve to be released on American soil The decision by President Obama to move 100 detainees from Guantánamo Bay to the Thomson Correctional Centre in Illinois has drawn criticism from across the spectrum. But amid the controversy, ...
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• Guantánamo news affecting Illinois and Switzerland

  
  a malaysian abroad — Authority: 412
  barb wire by whirlybird Taking one step closer to fulfilling a promise already delayed, President Barack Obama recently ordered the acquisition by the federal government of an underused state prison in Thomson, Illinois , that would be used to house terror suspects currently being held in Guantánamo Bay .  ...
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• On the latest GTMO move

  
  IntLawGrrls — Authority: 481
  My 2¢ is published as " Unanswered Questions ," the 4th item in the "Moving Gitmo to America" forum at The New York Times Room for Debate blog. Posed there are questions about the announcement that the Obama Administration is moving to acquire a state prison in Thomson, Illinois (pop. 559) to house "a limited ...
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• From Guantánamo to Beyond Supermax

  
  The Lede — Authority: 675
  The federal government says it plans to move terrorism suspects from Guantánamo to a maximum security prison in Illinois that "will be enhanced to exceed perimeter security standards at the nations only supermax prison in Florence, Colorado."
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• MPs sue CIA to shatter secrecy on Britains role in rendition

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  • Parliamentary group turns to Washington court for disclosure on detainee programme • Transfer of prisoners to US hands and use of UK airports feature on freedom of information request A group of MPs is suing the CIA in the American courts in an attempt to force the agency to hand over information about Britains ...
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• Change we can believe in - a legal framework for immunity from prosecution for torture

  
  And, yes, I DO take it personally — Authority: 132
  more happy holiday perspective... Impunity or Accountability In case after case, the Obama administration has echoed — and in some instances exceeded — Bush-era claims designed to cover up despicable acts committed in the name of fighting terrorism and avoiding accountability for the responsible officials. ...
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• Guantánamo inmates set for Illinois

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Move swiftly criticised by Republicans who warn that housing terror suspects on mainland US soil will bring more attacks The Obama administration is to transfer dozens of prisoners from Guantánamo Bay to a largely empty maximum security prison in Illinois over the objections of Republicans who say the move could ...
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• What Does It Take To Get Out Of Obama’s Guantánamo? by Andy Worthington

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 522
  by Andy WorthingtonFeatured WriterDandelion Saladwww.andyworthington.co.uk14 December 2009On August 21, District Court Judge Gladys Kessler granted the habeas corpus petition of Mohammed al-Adahi, a Yemeni prisoner in Guantánamo who was 39 years old when he was seized on a bus in Pakistan. I described the broad ...
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• Judges irresponsible for wanting CIA torture evidence disclosed, court told

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Lawyers for foreign secretary attack high court ruling in Binyam Mohamed case saying it could harm British interests Lawyers acting for David Miliband, the foreign secretary, today launched an extraordinary attack on the high court, accusing it of irresponsibility for ruling that CIA intelligence relating to ...
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• Another day, another torture cover-up | Clive Stafford Smith

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 156
  Britain denied evidence to the lawyers of Guantánamo detainee Shaker Aamer. Does the judicial system count for nothing? Another day, another crime. Thats how it seems to be going for the British government at the moment. Late Tuesday afternoon, two high court judges found that Britain had been mixed up in ...
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• Countdown: Mysterious “Suicides” At Guantanamo Bay Prison!

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 522
  Dandelion SaladMoxNewsDotComDecember 07, 2009MSNBC Keith Olbermann more about “Mysterious “Suicides” At Guantanamo B…“, posted with vodpodfrom the archives:Yemeni Prisoner Muhammad Salih Dies At Guantánamo by Andy WorthingtonForgotten: The Second Anniversary Of A Guantánamo Suicide by Andy WorthingtonTwo ...
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• Four Men Leave Guantánamo; Two Face Ill-Defined Trials In Italy by Andy Worthington

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 522
  by Andy WorthingtonFeatured WriterDandelion Saladwww.andyworthington.co.uk5 December 2009On Monday, the Obama administration announced that it had transferred four prisoners from Guantánamo: Sabir Lahmar, an Algerian, was transferred to France; an unidentified Palestinian was transferred to Hungary; and two ...
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• Truthout Video: The Human Cost of Guantánamo by Andy Worthington

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 522
  by Andy WorthingtonFeatured WriterDandelion Saladwww.andyworthington.co.uk3 December 2009[DS added the video]more about “Truthout Review, Andy Worthington“, posted with vodpodOut now on Truthout is a 15-minute video by Sari Gelzer and Troy Page, featuring an interview with Andy Worthington, journalist and author ...
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• Guantánamo: Idealists Leave Obama’s Sinking Ship by Andy Worthington

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 522
  by Andy WorthingtonFeatured WriterDandelion Saladwww.andyworthington.co.uk1 December 2009Last week, lawyer, ex-Army Captain and Iraq veteran Phillip Carter, described by Glenn Greenwald as “a very harsh critic of the Bush administration’s detention and interrogation policies,” suddenly resigned his post as ...
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