Tag: Guantanamo

US jury hands down Ghailani verdict

Ex-Guantánamo inmate accused of role in US embassy attacks acquitted on all but one of 286 charges at civilian trial. November 11, 2010 Source: Enlish.Aljazerra.net The first former Guantánamo detainee to be tried in a civilian...

Fox legal analyst: Bush should have been indicted

By David Edwards Monday, July 12th, 2010 RawStory.com Fox News' senior judicial analyst made some surprising remarks Saturday that may go against the grain at his conservative network. In a interview with Ralph Nader on C-SPAN's Book TV...

Guantanamo Bay Whistleblower Retaliated Against – Take Action

May 27, 2010 Text of email from National Whistleblowers Center Take Action! A former prosecutor who blew the whistle on the abuse of our Constitution in the Guantánamo Bay military commissions is now in danger of losing...

Obama wins the right to detain people with no habeas review

Few issues highlight Barack Obama's extreme hypocrisy the way that Bagram does. As everyone knows, one of George Bush's most extreme policies was abducting people from all over the world -- far away from...

9/11 Mother Demands Obama Try Terrorist Plotters In Civilian Court

March 31, 2010 Peacefultomorrows.org From the Huffington Post: In anticipation of a final announcement as to the trial venue for the 9/11 plotters, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows is warning the president against "buckling to political...

US Recants Claims on ‘High-Value’ Detainee Abu Zubaydah

The Justice Department has quietly recanted nearly every major claim the Bush administration had made about "high-value" detainee Abu Zubaydah, a Guantánamo prisoner who at one time was said to have planned the 9/11...