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Nov 30, 2008, Harold Heckle, Associated Press, Spanish government to probe Guantanamo flights

Nov 30, 2008, Sabin Willett, Boston Globe, Judging detainees on the facts

Nov 30, 2008, Matthew Alexander, Washington Post, I'm Still Tortured by What I Saw in Iraq

Nov 30, 2008, Editorial, Washington Post, Preemptive Pardons

Nov 29, 2008, Stanley Kutler, TruthDig, Bush's 11th-Hour Bid for Secrecy

Nov 29, 2008, Jonathan Mahler, New York Times, Ahead for Obama: How to Define Terror

Nov 28, 2008, Kate Martin, TalkingPointsMemo.com, Congressional Inquiry Needed on Surveillance

Nov 28, 2008, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press, Ex-terrorism prosecutor flags flaws at tribunal

Nov 27, 2008, Rosa Brooks, Los Angeles Times, Bush: forget the pardons

Nov 27, 2008, Glenn Greenwald, ACLU, The Obama Administration, Guantánamo, and Restoring America's Standing

Nov 26, 2008, Jim Lane, People's Weekly World Newspaper, Bush 'justice' served

Nov 26, 2008, Rachel Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle, Sen. Feinstein wants Guantanamo Bay closed

Nov 25, 2008, Robert F. Worth, New York Times, Bin Laden Driver to Be Sent to Yemen

Nov 25, 2008, Evan Perez, Wall Street Journal, Sweeping Pardons 'Unnecessary'

Nov 25, 2008, Gary Kamiya, Salon, Why Obama should end the "war on terror"

Nov 24, 2008, Editorial, New York Times, Indefinite Detention

Nov 24, 2008, Liz Robbins, New York Times, Judge Rules That Suspects Cannot Be Detained Because of Ethnicity

Nov 24, 2008, United Press International, Appeals court hears Uighurs case

Nov 24, 2008, Benjamin Weiser, New York Times, Appeals Court Backs Warrantless Searches Abroad

Nov 24, 2008, Marjorie Cohn, Jurist, Guantanamo Justice After Seven Years

Nov 24, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, With Guantánamo war court in doubt, 9/11 case gets new judge

Nov 24, 2008, Zachary Roth, TPMMuckraker, Report: NSA Listened In On Blair's Personal Calls

Nov 24, 2008, Manuel Balce Ceneta, USA Today, Court mulls early release of Uighurs from Gitmo

Nov 23, 2008, Devin Montgomery, Jurist, Obama aides favoring commission on counter-terror methods: report

Nov 23, 2008, Peter Wong, Statesman Journal (Salem, OR), Attorney hopes for Gitmo policy change

Nov 23, 2008, Julian E. Barnes & David G. Savage, Chicago Tribune, Decision on Gitmo prisoners looms for Obama

Nov 23, 2008, Daniel T. Weaver, Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY), Exceeding its limits: Border Patrol uses expanded boundaries to harass U.S. citizens

Nov 23, 2008, Carol Bengle Gilbert, Associated Content, President Bush, the Plenary Power of Presidential Pardons, and Potential for Abuse

Nov 23, 2008, Edward Alden, Washington Post, Closed-Minded on the Border

Nov 23, 2008, Editorial, New York Times, The Price of Our Good Name

Nov 22, 2008, Benjamin G. Davis, Centre for Research on Globalization (Canada), Unfinished Business for America: Torture crimes committed by high level civilians and generals

Nov 22, 2008, Michael Isikoff, Newsweek, Obama to Take On Torture?

Nov 22, 2008, Mark Sherman & Meg Kinnard, Associated Press, Court could give Obama early test on detentions

Nov 22, 2008, Heather Wokusch, Dissident Voice, You're Scaring Me, Obama: Let the Bush Years Die

Nov 21, 2008, Washington Post, Judge's ruling in Guantanamo case says it all -- 'enough.'

Nov 21, 2008, Agence France-Presse, Guantanamo judge rejects 'forced' confession

Nov 21, 2008, Devin Montgomery, Jurist, UN torture investigator calls on Europe to accept Guantanamo asylum applicants

Nov 21, 2008, Nick Juliano, Raw Story, Feingold hopes, expects new AG to say president is not above the law

Nov 21, 2008, Andy Worthington, Antiwar.com, How Guantánamo Can Be Closed: More Advice for Barack Obama

Nov 20, 2008, Jaclyn Belczyk, Jurist, Australia police to lift control order on ex-Guantanamo detainee Hicks

Nov 20, 2008, Hope Yen, Miami Herald, Conservatives call on Bush to free Muslim Uighurs

Nov 20, 2008, Eugene Robinson, Galesburg.com, After the torture era

Nov 20, 2008, William Glaberson, New York Times, Judge Orders Five Detainees Freed From Guantánamo

Nov 20, 2008, David Johnston and William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, New York Police Fight With U.S. on Surveillance

Nov 20, 2008, Eric Firkel, Jurist, US military prosecutors filing new charges against so-called '20th hijacker'

Nov 20, 2008, James Oliphant, Los Angeles Times, Civil liberties groups have a wish list for Obama

Nov 20, 2008, Daphne Eviatar, Washington Independent, Gitmo Prisoners Pose Thorny Problem for Obama

Nov 19, 2008, Steve Bloomfield, Newsweek, Testimony

Nov 19, 2008, Devin Montgomery, Jurist, US Navy defense lawyer allowed access to restricted Guantanamo camp

Nov 19, 2008, Amos Guiora, Jurist, A National Security Court: Restoring the Balance Between Security and Justice

Nov 19, 2008, Joanne Mariner, FindLaw, How to Close Guantánamo in Six Steps

Nov 19, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, War court convenes with bin Laden's cook

Nov 19, 2008, Mary Gilbert, National Journal, War On Terror Presents Legal Conundrum For President-Elect

Nov 19, 2008, Mark Kukis, Time Magazine, Taking the Bush Anti-Terror Legacy to Court

Nov 18, 2008, William Glaberson, New York Times, Detainee Will Face New War-Crimes Charges

Nov 18, 2008, Lucas Tanglen, Jurist, Transfer of Iraq detainees under security pact concerns rights group

Nov 18, 2008, Andy Worthington, AndyWorthington.co.uk, 20 Reasons To Shut Down The Guantánamo Trials

Nov 18, 2008, James Risen & Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Early Test for Obama on Domestic Spying Views

Nov 18, 2008, Juan Castillo, Austin (TX) American-Statesman, Many states - but not Texas - resist federal ID law

Nov 18, 2008, Lara Jakes Jordan, Associated Press, Obama Advisers: Torture Prosecutions Not Likely

Nov 18, 2008, Common Dreams, Coalition Releases Liberty and Security Policy Roadmap for Next Administration and Congress

Nov 17, 2008, Joanne Mariner, Jurist, Obama should create independent commission to investigate detainee abuse

Nov 17, 2008, Associated Press, ACLU denounces Gitmo judge's replacement

Nov 17, 2008, Las Vegas Sun (Nevada), Mr. Executive Privilege

Nov 17, 2008, Democracy Now!, Ex-CIA Officials Tied to Rendition Program and Faulty Iraq Intel Tapped to Head Obama's Intelligence Transition Team

Nov 17, 2008, Nat Hentoff, Washington Times, Will Obama protect civil liberties?

Nov 16, 2008, Michael Haley, Napa Valley (CA) Register, Closing Guantanamo: A bloody mess

Nov 16, 2008, Agence France-Presse, Obama's election bodes changes for Guantanamo prisoners

Nov 16, 2008, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, John Brennan and Bush's interrogation/detention policies

Nov 16, 2008, Associated Press, US acknowledges it held 12 juveniles at Guantanamo

Nov 16, 2008, Human Rights Watch, US: Obama Should Repudiate Bush Counterterrorism Practices

Nov 16, 2008, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes & Shaun Mullen, Moderate Voice, Why Were Psychologists Behind The Curve On Torture?

Nov 16, 2008, Nat Hentoff, Metro West Daily News (Framingham, MA), Time bomb for our liberties

Nov 15, 2008, Tim Shipman, Telegraph (UK), George W Bush could pardon spies involved in torture

Nov 14, 2008, William Glaberson, New York Times, Post-Guantánamo: A New Detention Law?

Nov 14, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Ex-Guantánamo detainee sentenced in Morocco

Nov 14, 2008, Miami Herald, Report: Swiss deny asylum to 3 Guantánamo detainees

Nov 14, 2008, Judith Latham, Voice of America News, Obama Faces Daunting Foreign Policy Challenges

Nov 14, 2008, Lee Smith, New Republic, Damascus's Deadly Bargain

Nov 14, 2008, Douglas Cohn, Manitowoc (WI) Herald Times Reporter, With knowledge comes . . . what?

Nov 13, 2008, Charlie Savage, International Herald Tribune, Democrats' plans to investigate Bush administration may be blocked

Nov 13, 2008, Michael Grabell, Federal Times, Policing the air marshals

Nov 13, 2008, Benjamin Klein, Jurist, Rights groups urge independent commission on US treatment of detainees

Nov 13, 2008, Leila Nadya Sadat, Jurist, Restoring America's Rights Record: Memo to the President-Elect

Nov 13, 2008, Anthony D. Romero, Wall Street Journal, Fight Terrorists the American Way

Nov 12, 2008, George Frey, Army Times, Sgt. to face court-martial over Iraqi deaths

Nov 12, 2008, J.D. Tuccille, Examiner.com, Guantanamo Bay detainees require new president's quick attention

Nov 12, 2008, Dallas (TX) Morning News, Update: War on terror

Nov 12, 2008, Amy Harder, National Journal, Human Rights Groups Recommend '9/11 Commission' For Guantánamo

Nov 12, 2008, Huliq News, Two Librarians Took On The Patriot Act and Won

Nov 12, 2008, David Edwards and Muriel Kane, Raw Story, Maddow: New rule kicks Patriot Act foes 'right in the teeth'

Nov 11, 2008, Devin Montgomery, Jurist, US transfers two Guantanamo Bay detainees to Algeria

Nov 11, 2008, James Gordon Meek, Daily News (NY), Gitmo closing in flux: No definite plan, says Obama aide

Nov 11, 2008, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Will Congress cede its powers to the Obama administration?

Nov 11, 2008, Michael Webster, American Chronicle, Homeland Security now spying on Americans

Nov 11, 2008, Siobhan Gorman, Wall Street Journal, Intelligence Policy to Stay Largely Intact

Nov 10, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, ACLU urges Obama to quickly close Guantánamo camps, court

Nov 10, 2008, Matt Apuzzo and Lara Jakes Jordan, Associated Press, Obama plans Guantanamo closure, US terror trials

Nov 10, 2008, Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor, Obama's emerging foreign policy team faces a troubled world

Nov 10, 2008, Ryan Singel, Wired, Bush Spy Revelations Anticipated When Obama Is Sworn In

Nov 9, 2008, Eric Schmitt and Mark Mazzetti, New York Times, Secret Order Lets U.S. Raid Al Qaeda

Nov 9, 2008, Stanley Fish, New York Times, Psychology and Torture

Nov 9, 2008, Jerry Markon, Washington Post, High Court May Consider Legality of Detention

Nov 9, 2008, Tom Burghardt, Centre for Research on Globalization (Canada), Space-Based Domestic Spying: Kicking Civil Liberties to the Curb

Nov 9, 2008, Associated Press, So much else happened while people eyed election

Nov 9, 2008, Editorial, Washington Post, Mr. Obama's War

Nov 9, 2008, Desmond Tutu, Washington Post, The Man of Tomorrow

Nov 8, 2008, Editorial, Las Vegas Sun (Nevada), What logic prevailed?

Nov 8, 2008, Tariq Ramadan, Guardian (UK), 'The life of an Iraqi is worth no less than that of an American'

Nov 8, 2008, Ryan Singel, Wired, Feds and Telcos Defend Spy Amnesty to Court

Nov 8, 2008, Canadian Press, U.S. official says options sought for Guantanamo prison

Nov 8, 2008, Ashbel S. Green, The Oregonian, Judge refuses to lift terrorist designation from defunct Islamic charity in Oregon

Nov 7, 2008, Marisa Taylor and Michael Doyle, Miami Herald, Will Barack Obama undo Bush's legal legacy?

Nov 7, 2008, Jonathan Mahler, New York Times, After the Imperial Presidency

Nov 7, 2008, Phil Stewart, Reuters, Italy PM to press state secrecy in CIA rendition trial

Nov 7, 2008, Kiely Lewandowski, Jurist, Sri Lanka urged to probe death threats against lawyers defending terror suspects

Nov 7, 2008, Tim Jones, Electronic Frontier Foundation, A Privacy Agenda For The New Administration

Nov 7, 2008, Julie Mertus, Ethiopian Review, Letter to President-Elect Obama on Human Rights

Nov 7, 2008, Associated Press, US government presses NY appeal on detainee photos

Nov 7, 2008, Gregg Krupa, Detroit News, Airport laptop seizures anger Muslims

Nov 7, 2008, Barbara L. Minton, Natural News, Threat to Liberty: Constitution Free Zone Covers Two-Thirds of Americans

Nov 6, 2008, William Glaberson, New York Times, Judge Opens First Habeas Corpus Hearing on Guantánamo Detainees

Nov 6, 2008, Lara Jakes Jordan, Newsweek, Guantanamo detainees deny they planned to fight US

Nov 6, 2008, Oramel H. Skinner III, Harvard Law Record, Obama administration faces national security law challenges

Nov 6, 2008, USA Today, Algerian detainees get day in court

Nov 6, 2008, Brian Baxter, AmLaw Daily, Will Obama Administration Signal Return to Rule of Law?

Nov 6, 2008, Emma Schwartz, ABC News, Will Obama Let bin Laden's Driver Go Free?

Nov 5, 2008, Andrew Morgan, Jurist, DC Circuit suspends status review for Yemeni held at Guantanamo

Nov 5, 2008, Gabriella Anderson and Elise Liu, Harvard Political Review, A Lawless Presidency

Nov 5, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Pentagon transfers 3 from Guantánamo prison camps

Nov 5, 2008, Amy E. Ferrer, People's Blog for the Constitution, A New Administration, A New Congress: This Is Our Opportunity

Nov 5, 2008, RTT News, Afghan President urges Obama to change 'terror war' strategy

Nov 4, 2008, Bruce Weinstein, Business Week, A Code of Ethics for President-Elect Obama

Nov 4, 2008, Agence France-Presse, Yemeni Bin Laden aide gets life at Guantanamo trial

Nov 4, 2008, Editorial, Boston Globe, Guantanamo's final days

Nov 4, 2008, Editorial, New York Times, So Little Time, So Much Damage

Nov 3, 2008, Jordan Zappala, Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press, Court to review classified DOJ wiretapping memos

Nov 3, 2008, Walter Pincus, Washington Post, Partnering for Cyberspace Security

Nov 3, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Bin Laden propagandist convicted of war crimes

Nov 3, 2008, Jay McDonough, Examiner.com, CIA officers could face torture trial in Britain

Nov 2, 2008, William Glaberson and Margot Williams, New York Times, Next President Will Face Test on Detainees

Nov 2, 2008, Gearoid O'Conchuir, Epoch Times, Change of US Administration Brings Change to Irish Government Policy

Nov 2, 2008, Julian Sanchez, Ars Technica, Court to review legal docs on NSA wiretapping in secret

Nov 1, 2008, Michael Sung, Jurist, Guantanamo Bay detainees transferred to Tajikistan, Kazakhstan

Nov 1, 2008, Michael Sung, Jurist, Libya makes final payment to terrorism compensation fund