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Tag: detainees

May 3
2011

What About Torture Working?

National Security

Since the death of Bin Laden, the torture supporters have been in chest thumping mode, saying that it was the harsh interrogation torture of detainees that lead to the intel: Finally, in May 2005, al-Libi was captured. Under CIA interrogation, al-Libi admitted that when he was promoted to succeed Mohammed, he received the word through […]

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Jan 9
2010

Government Covering Up Immigrant Deaths While Incarcerated

Society

A FOIA request from the ACLU has uncovered some really disturbing facts of inmate deaths inside our immigration jails: As one man lay dying of head injuries suffered in a New Jersey immigration jail in 2007, for example, a spokesman for the federal agency told a reporter that he could learn nothing about the case […]

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Nov 20
2009

Unlikely Allies

Misc

Two former DOJ officials under Bush have written an op-ed supporting the decision to bring Gitmo detainees to the U.S. to stand trial. The money line: But some prominent criticisms are exaggerated, and others place undue faith in military commissions as an alternative to civilian trials. The people exaggerating the trials are the very ones […]

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Nov 17
2009

Bill O. Finally Tells The Truth

Misc

While talking about the detainees coming here to stand trial, Bill O’Reilly declared “I don’t care about the Constitution!” Finally we hear some truthfulness come from the lips of Bill O.

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Jan 21
2009

Problem Solved?

Misc

Last night President (shiver) Obama ordered the prosecutors at Gitmo to halt all cases for 120 days. Most likely this is so he can figure out what to do with the inmates and finally close down the black eye of the beacon of freedom. One of the big arguments about Obama closing down Gitmo is […]

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Nov 18
2008
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Cheney And Gonzo Get Indicted

Misc

Very, very interesting: A South Texas grand jury has indicted Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on charges related to the alleged abuse of prisoners in Willacy County’s federal detention centers. The indictment criticizes Cheney’s investment in the Vanguard Group, which holds interests in the private prison companies running the federal […]

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Nov 18
2008
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BREAKING: Holder As Attorney General? (Updated)

Misc

(updated and bumped) Newsweek is reporting that D.C. power attorney Eric Holder is being tapped for Attorney General. (Update 1) NBC news is now reporting that Holder has accepted the position. Once confirmation comes out from the transition team, I will put him in the Cabinet 44 section. (Update 2) Via The Washington Independent, here […]

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Feb 6
2008

Welcome To Camp 7

Misc

What is camp 7? The AP has uncovered that: Somewhere amid the cactus-studded hills on this sprawling Navy base, separate from the cells where hundreds of men suspected of links to al-Qaida and the Taliban have been locked up for years, is a place even more closely guarded — a jailhouse so protected that its […]

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Jan 29
2008

Obama – The Anti-Torture Candidate

Misc

Over 80 lawyers for detainees at gitmo are supporting Barack Obama for President. This should really be a glowing endorsement for him, but I doubt it will get much play in the media.

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Dec 13
2007

GITMO Personnel Altering Wikipedia

Misc

Since they don’t have the enjoyment of watching past episodes of “Waterboarding with Mousawi”, I guess they had to find new ways to pass the time down there: The US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay has been caught conducting covert propaganda attacks on the internet. The attacks, exposed this week in a report by the […]

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