by Kade Crockford As researcher Darryl Li points out, most of the Wikileaks Gitmo dump consists of US intelligence “’detainee assessments’ that reveal more about the inner fantasy world of the US intelligence apparatus than who the … [Read more...]
Teenage victim of rendition may be released
The judge in the current hearings called the case "an outrage.""After this horrible, long, tortured history, I hope the government will succeed in getting him back home," U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle told Justice Department … [Read more...]
Powell: Close Guantanamo today, we’re better than that
Again, not feeling interesting today, so I'll just parrot the national blogs because this needs to be repeated: Here's Colin Powell on Meet the Press today:Guantanamo has become a major, major problem for America?s perception as it?s seen, … [Read more...]
Mitt: Double Gitmo
Good gravy. Is there anything this creature won't say?ROMNEY: ...you said the person is going to be in Guantanamo. I'm glad they're at Guantanamo. I don't want them on our soil. I want them in Guantanamo where they don't get the access to … [Read more...]
Putin compares current US policy to the Third Reich; now that is scary
It is not that I find Putin to be my favorite world leader. But there is something to be said for his concerns. I really do see a contempt for human life in secret rendition flights to "black holes" and torture, to ICE raids as … [Read more...]
Gitmo detainees’ lawyers: Courageous people doing the right thing.
For the record, I would be more likely to patronize a law firm whose attorneys were doing pro bono work on behalf of Gitmo detainees, thereby helping to continue some 800 years of habeas corpus and due process.So go ahead, Stimson, Crowley, … [Read more...]