Military Commissions Act

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• 116 Guantánamo Prisoners Cleared For Release; 171 Still In Limbo

  
  freedetainees.org — Authority: 138
  By Andy Worthington In the first detailed announcement about prisoners cleared for release from Guantánamo since September 28, when a military spokesman announced that a list of 78 cleared prisoners had been posted in the prison, defense secretary Robert Gates told a Senate hearing last Thursday that officials ...
  1 week ago

• Cole Attack Trial Will Test Tribunal System

  
  NewsHunter.org — Authority: 167
  The decision to use a military commission to prosecute Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a suspect in the bombing of the destroyer, instead of a civilian court has set off a debate.
  2 weeks ago

• Trial Without Major Witness Will Test Tribunal System

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 901
  Investigators examined the Navy destroyer Cole after it was attacked by two Qaeda suicide bombers on the southern coast of Yemen on Oct. 12, 2000.
  2 weeks ago

• The Right-wing’s Fear of Constitutional Law

  
  Serious Implications — Authority: 114
  Could somebody please explain why military commissions are not a slippery slope to martial law? In the Senate, Republicans Kyle, and Graham, have raised an outcry over President Obama’s decision to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM) in federal court, just like the government did with Tim MacVeigh. I’m hearing all ...
  4 weeks ago

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  NYT > Theater — Authority: 901
  
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