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Mar 31, 2009, Scott Shane, New York Times, Administration Is Debating Release of Interrogation Memos

Mar 31, 2009, William Glaberson and Margot Williams, New York Times, Chinese Inmates at Guantánamo Pose a Dilemma

Mar 31, 2009, Jamey Keaten, Associated Press, Paris appeals court acquits five former Guantanamo Bay detainees

Mar 31, 2009, Pascal Fletcher, Reuters, Miss Universe says had "lot of fun" in Guantanamo

Mar 31, 2009, PRNewsWire, TSA's Secure Flight Begins Vetting Passengers

Mar 31, 2009, Grant Gross, PC World, Legislation Would Curtail Warrantless Information Demands

Mar 31, 2009, Jason Leopold, Public Record, Doug Feith: 'I Was a Major Player' In Bush's Torture Policies

Mar 30, 2009, William Glaberson, New York Times, U.S. Decides to Release Detainee at Guantánamo

Mar 30, 2009, Matt Glenn, Jurist, Second US Army segreant convicted of killing Iraqi detainees

Mar 30, 2009, Daphne Eviatar, Washington Independent, Yemeni Detainees Pose Problem in Closing Gitmo

Mar 30, 2009, Alice Lipowicz, Federal Computer Week, Napolitano to review satellite imagery program

Mar 30, 2009, Matthew Allee, Common Dreams, Justice Department Finds DNA Collection From Arrestees Overloads Backlog In Crime Labs

Mar 30, 2009, ACLU, Legislation Introduced to Curtail Patriot Act Abuse

Mar 29, 2009, Hilary Brown, ABC News, 'Torture' Could Haunt Bush Officials

Mar 29, 2009, Devin Montgomery, Jurist, US interrogation tactics were torture: former State Department lawyer

Mar 29, 2009, Lucas Tanglen, Jurist, US, Yemen should allow 'meaningful legal process' in Guantanamo repatriation: HRW

Mar 27, 2009, Daphne Eviatar, Washington Independent, Advocates for Bagram Prisoners Hopeful but Cautious About New Afghanistan Strategy

Mar 27, 2009, Doug Lansdale, Charlotte Sun and Weekly Herald (Port Charlotte, FL), Let's honor our Constitution

Mar 27, 2009, Frances Gibb and Michael Evans, Times (UK), Police to investigate MI5 over Guantánamo torture claims

Mar 27, 2009, Andy Worthington, Antiwar.com, A Letter To Barack Obama From A Guantánamo Uighur

Mar 27, 2009, CBS News, Ex-Official: Bush Panicked After 9/11

Mar 27, 2009, Nicole Colson, Dissident Voice, War on Terror 2.0

Mar 27, 2009, George Hunsinger, Common Dreams, The Corruption That Is Torture

Mar 27, 2009, Bruce Ackerman, American Prospect, Why We Need a Commission on Presidential Power

Mar 26, 2009, Associated Press, U.K. Asks Police to Probe Torture Claims

Mar 26, 2009, Vivian Giang, Red and Black, Former military prosecutor speaks about torture techniques

Mar 26, 2009, Mario Loyola, National Review, Obama and Philosophy 101

Mar 26, 2009, William Fisher, Public Record, Legal Challenges By Civil RIghts Organizations a Major Headache for Obama

Mar 25, 2009, Ingrid Burke, Jurist, Rights group claims US immigrant detention policy violates international Law

Mar 25, 2009, ABC News, Guantanamo Bay Detainees Possibly Relocating to Alexandria

Mar 25, 2009, Tyche Hendricks, San Francisco Chronicle, New report blasts U.S. on immigrant detainees

Mar 25, 2009, Anthony D. Romero, Wall Street Journal, Obama Follows Bush's War Path

Mar 25, 2009, Alex Kingsbury, U.S. News and World Report, Obama's Dilemma Over Terrorism Detainees

Mar 25, 2009, Carrie Johnson, MSNBC, 'State secrets' an issue for new administration

Mar 25, 2009, Associated Press, Groups rally against SC voter ID bill

Mar 24, 2009, United Press International, U.S.-EU talks on Guantanamo are stalling

Mar 24, 2009, Amelia Mathias, Jurist, Al-Marri pleads not guilty to terrorism charges

Mar 24, 2009, Julie Sell, Miami Herald, Pressure against detainee alleged

Mar 24, 2009, OhMyGov!, Big Brother is watching your iPhone

Mar 24, 2009, Carolyn Szczepanski, The Pitch (MO), Missouri Libertarians: We're not terrorists!

Mar 24, 2009, William Fisher, People's Weekly World Newspaper, Veils of secrecy lifting in Washington

Mar 23, 2009, Matt Glenn, Jurist, White House to release Bush administration interrogation memos: report

Mar 23, 2009, Benjamin Hackman, Jurist, Obama: Guantanamo policies must accord with due process, international law

Mar 23, 2009, Robert Boyer, The Times News, Sheriff faces off with ACLU over 287 (g) records

Mar 23, 2009, Raymond Bonner, New York Times, Plea Bargain Was Considered for British Detainee

Mar 23, 2009, Joshua Rhett Miller, Fox News, 'Fusion Centers' Expand Criteria to Identify Militia Members

Mar 23, 2009, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Obama defends detainee policy

Mar 23, 2009, Agence France-Presse, Guantanamo inmates in new legal fight

Mar 23, 2009, Jason Leopold, TruthOut, CIA Has 3,000 Documents on Torture Tapes

Mar 20, 2009, Marcia Coyle, National Law Journal, Legal groups call for end to 'ideological exclusion' of scholars, others denied visas

Mar 20, 2009, Jayne Lyn Stahl, Atlantic Free Press (Netherlands), Former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell Talks

Mar 20, 2009, Expatica, Munich fights to welcome the Uighurs of Guantanamo 



Mar 20, 2009, PRNewsWire, AILA Applauds Introduction of 'Immigration Fraud Prevention Act of 2009'

Mar 20, 2009, Paul Demko, Minnesota Independent, Civil liberties advocates question government-spying bill

Mar 20, 2009, Daphne Eviatar, Washington Independent, Rights Groups To Call for Prosecutions of Bush Officials Before International Commission

Mar 20, 2009, David Glenn, Chronicle of Higher Education, 'Torture Memos' vs. Academic Freedom

Mar 19, 2009, Kathleen Miller, Associated Press, Md. mulls denying licenses to illegal immigrants

Mar 19, 2009, Daphne Eviatar, Washington Independent, Still Waiting for a Just Detainee Policy

Mar 19, 2009, Associated Press, Ex-Bush official to AP: Many at Gitmo are innocent

Mar 19, 2009, Department of Justice, Attorney General Issues New FOIA Guidelines to Favor Disclosure and Transparency

Mar 18, 2009, Ben Bain, Federal Computer Week, Local police want better sharing of intelligence

Mar 18, 2009, Tony Mauro, First Amendment Center, Conyers: Probe of Bush administration to continue

Mar 18, 2009, Evan Perez, Wall Street Journal, Guantanamo Detainees May Be Released in U.S.

Mar 18, 2009, Democracy Now!, Mark Danner: Bush Lied About Torture of Prisoners

Mar 18, 2009, Luke Baker, Reuters, UK to reveal secret agents' interrogation methods

Mar 18, 2009, Peter Finn, Washington Post, Holder Urged to Probe Allegations of Torture

Mar 18, 2009, Associated Press, US rejects deal to end long Gitmo hunger strike

Mar 18, 2009, Mark Danner, New York Review of Books, US Torture: Voices from the Black Sites

Mar 17, 2009, Geoffrey R. Stone, Huffington Post, The Guantanamo Detainees and the Obama Administration: A Meaningful Step for Civil Liberties

Mar 17, 2009, David Kravets, Wired, Obama Administration: Constitution Does Not Protect Cell-Site Records

Mar 17, 2009, Bloomberg Wire Service, E.U. wants answers before it accepts Guantánamo detainees

Mar 17, 2009, Editorial, Washington Post, The Truth About Torture

Mar 17, 2009, Kurt Opsahl, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Sunshine Week: Missing Documents on NSA Surveillance

Mar 17, 2009, Jennifer Kay, Associated Press, Groups Bash US Health Care for Detained Immigrants

Mar 16, 2009, Editorial, New York Times, On Signing Statements

Mar 16, 2009, Amnesty International USA, USA: Different label, same policy?: Administration drops 'enemy combatant' label in Guantánamo litigation, but retains law of war framework for detentions

Mar 16, 2009, Charlie Savage, New York Times, Obama Undercuts Whistle-Blowers, Senator Say

Mar 16, 2009, J.D. Tuccille, Examiner.com, They're not 'enemy combatants' anymore, but Obama will still detain them without charges

Mar 16, 2009, Scott Neuman, National Public Radio, Red Cross: Terrorism Suspects Subjected To Torture

Mar 15, 2009, Nedra Pickler, Associated Press, Obama admin moves to protect military officials

Mar 15, 2009, Michael R. Lemov, Lake County (CA) News, Sunshine Week: Freedom of information - the battle never ends

Mar 15, 2009, Jason Leopold, Public Record, DOJ Report Likely to Scrutinize Yoo/Bybee Rendition Memo

Mar 15, 2009, A.G. Sulzberger, New York Times, Cheney Says Obama Has Increased Risks

Mar 14, 2009, Editorial, Las Vegas Sun (Nevada), Respecting federal laws

Mar 14, 2009, Philip Shenon, Newsweek, The 9/11 Commission and Torture

Mar 13, 2009, Jason Leopold, Public Record, Judge to Decide if CIA Wrongly Classified Documents in Torture Tape Destruction

Mar 13, 2009, Associated Press, Obama admin. to end use of term 'enemy combatant'

Mar 13, 2009, Caroline Alexander, Bloomberg Wire Service, U.K. Resident, Freed From Guantanamo, Criticizes MI5

Mar 13, 2009, Steven R. Hurst, Associated Press, Advocates worry Obama easing human rights stand

Mar 13, 2009, Associated Press, US justice department argues former detainees have no constitutional rights

Mar 12, 2009, Joe Palazzolo, BLT: Blog of Legal Times, Spy Court Up and Running in Its New Home

Mar 12, 2009, Aimee Kligman, Examiner.com, Guantanamo: what to do with the Chinese Muslims

Mar 12, 2009, David Goldstein, Miami Herald, Obama undecided on where to put Guantánamo detainees

Mar 12, 2009, Kenneth Roth, Foreign Affairs, Obama's Prisoners Dilemma

Mar 12, 2009, Ben Armbruster, ThinkProgress, Canadian Lawyers Seek To Ban (Or Prosecute) Bush For His Role In Authorizing Torture

Mar 12, 2009, Amnesty International USA, USA: Administration Opts For Secrecy On Bagram Detainee Details

Mar 12, 2009, Ed Brayton, Science Blogs, CIA Destroyed 12 Torture Tapes

Mar 12, 2009, Jason Hagey, News Tribune, Northwest Detention Center owner files suit to block records release

Mar 11, 2009, Rachel Donadio, New York Times, Italian Court Upends Trial Involving C.I.A. Links

Mar 11, 2009, PRNewsWire, CAIR Reaffirms Repudiation of Terror on Anniversary of Madrid Bombings

Mar 11, 2009, William Glaberson and Mark Landler, New York Times, Top Diplomat to Be Named Special Envoy on Guantánamo

Mar 11, 2009, Jaclyn Belczyk, Jurist, UN rapporteur warns rights council on US 'war on terror' policies

Mar 11, 2009, Adrienne LaFrance, Honolulu Weekly, Telling secrets

Mar 11, 2009, United Press International, Groups cry foul over pleadings' release

Mar 11, 2009, Jacob Sullum, Patriot Post, John Yoo's Evasive Military Manuevers

Mar 10, 2009, Steven Kleinman and Matthew Alexander, New York Times, Try a Little Tenderness

Mar 10, 2009, Christian Ehret, Jurist, Federal judge grants Guantanamo detainee request to dismiss suit challenging detention

Mar 10, 2009, Victor Comras, Jurist, Judge finds proper balance between due process and national security in Al-Haramain wiretapping case

Mar 10, 2009, Devin Montgomery, Jurist, Italy asks court to drop kidnapping charges in CIA rendition case on security grounds

Mar 10, 2009, Peter Eisler, USA Today, Terrorist watch list hits 1 million

Mar 10, 2009, Daphne Eviatar, Washington Independent, Why Is the Military Commission Releasing 9/11 Prisoners' Statements?

Mar 10, 2009, Agence France-Presse, US transfers last 'enemy combatant' to federal custody

Mar 10, 2009, BBC News, Five accused 'boast of 9/11 role'

Mar 10, 2009, Brian Carlson, ABC News, Salt Lake airport tests controversial security scanner

Mar 10, 2009, Rachel Oswald, Raw Story, ACLU: Gitmo judge 'blatantly defied' Obama executive order

Mar 10, 2009, William Fisher, Public Record, The Spies Who Came in from the Mosque

Mar 9, 2009, Ximena Marinero, Jurist, Destroyed CIA interrogation tapes contained torture evidence: documents

Mar 9, 2009, William Glaberson, New York Times, Detainees Say They Planned Sept. 11

Mar 9, 2009, Charlie Savage, New York Times, Obama Looks to Limit Impact of Tactic Bush Used to Sidestep New Laws

Mar 9, 2009, Ed Brayton, Science Blogs, Partial Victory in Al-Marri Case

Mar 9, 2009, Hilary Hylton, Time Magazine, Fusion Centers: Giving Cops Too Much Information?

Mar 9, 2009, John Byrne, Raw Story, Former Cheney chief of staff can't find a job

Mar 9, 2009, Karen Greenberg, Salon, Obama's Guantánamo?

Mar 9, 2009, Robert Mackey, New York Times Politics Blog, Detainee Says C.I.A. Blasted Him With Eminem Raps

Mar 9, 2009, Charlie Savage, New York Times, Don't Rely on Bush's Signing Statements, Obama Orders

Mar 8, 2009, Lucas Tanglen, Jurist, Guantanamo ex-detainee claims memos show UK involved in alleged torture

Mar 8, 2009, Charlie Savage and Scott Shane, New York Times, Terror-War Fallout Lingers Over Bush Lawyers

Mar 6, 2009, Mark Sherman, Associated Press, Court ends terror suspect's detention challenge

Mar 6, 2009, Stephanie Hessler, Weekly Standard, The "Other Gitmo"

Mar 6, 2009, Emma Roderick, People's Blog for the Constitution, Hold DHS Accountable!

Mar 6, 2009, Reuters, Switzerland may help resettle Guantanamo inmates

Mar 6, 2009, Jerry Markon, Washington Post, Terror Trials in U.S. Are A Worry

Mar 6, 2009, Karen J. Greenberg, TomDispatch, Obama's Guantanamo? Bush's Living Legacy at Bagram Prison

Mar 5, 2009, Editorial, New York Times, A Necessary Supreme Court Showdown

Mar 5, 2009, Democracy Now!, Lawmakers Debate Establishing “Truth Commission” on Bush Admin Torture, Rendition and Domestic Spying

Mar 5, 2009, Warren Richey, Christian Science Monitor, Obama's mixed signals on terror policy

Mar 5, 2009, Daphne Eviatar, Washington Independent, Senate GOPers Press for Prosecution of Bush Officials

Mar 5, 2009, Faiz Shakir, Amanda Terkel, Satyam Khanna, Matt Corley, Benjamin Armbruster, Ali Frick, and Ryan Powers, Huffington Post, Lifting Bush's Shroud

Mar 4, 2009, David Skaggs and Mickey Edwards, Jurist, National Security Courts and Preventive Detention: A Bad and Unnecessary Idea

Mar 4, 2009, Lucas Tanglen, Jurist, Senate committee considers 'truth commission' to investigate Bush policies

Mar 4, 2009, Agence France-Presse, Clinton 'very encouraged' by EU stance on Guantanamo inmates

Mar 4, 2009, Tony Mauro, BLT: Blog of Legal Times, Justice Department: al-Marri Case Should Be Dismissed

Mar 4, 2009, Larry Margasak, Associated Press, Leahy pushes for Truth Commission

Mar 4, 2009, Kim Barker, Chicago Tribune, Gitmo detainees: From locked up to boxed in

Mar 4, 2009, Joe Boyle, BBC News, Hambali and the Guantanamo problem

Mar 4, 2009, Budapest Times (Hungary), Hungary to receive former Guantanamo prisoners

Mar 4, 2009, Kansas City (MO) InfoZine, EFF and ACLU Urge Court to Reject Warrantless GPS Tracking

Mar 4, 2009, Dan Froomkin, Washington Post, The Need to Know

Mar 3, 2009, Fox News, Brazil May Take Guantanamo Bay Detainees

Mar 3, 2009, MSNBC, Don't send Guantanamo prisoners to Va., say Forbes, Cantor, Wolf

Mar 3, 2009, Alex Kingsbury, U.S. News and World Report, Memos: Bush Claimed Unprecedented Authority to Use Military at Home

Mar 3, 2009, Amelia Mathias, Jurist, US AG Holder reaffirms 'no waterboarding' policy

Mar 3, 2009, Neil A. Lewis and Charlie Savage, New York Times, Justice Dept. May Release More Terrorism Memos

Mar 3, 2009, Timothy Noah, Slate, The He-Kept-Us-Safe Theory

Mar 3, 2009, Michelle Pauli, Guardian (UK), Guantánamo for kids

Mar 2, 2009, Michael Isikoff, Newsweek, Extraordinary Measures

Mar 2, 2009, Brian Jackson, Jurist, UK anti-terrorism reviewer urges judicial inquiry into alleged complicity in US torture

Mar 2, 2009, Tim Elfrink, Miami New Times, Where's Omar Khadr Going? Not Back to Canada Anytime Soon

Mar 2, 2009, New York Times, A Truth Commission for the Bush Era?

Mar 2, 2009, Mark Mazzetti, New York Times, C.I.A. Destroyed 92 Interrogation Tapes

Mar 2, 2009, Del Quentin Wilber, Washington Post, Surveillance Court Quietly Moving

Mar 2, 2009, Agence France-Presse, US attorney general rules out waterboarding

Mar 2, 2009, Nat Hentoff, Washington Times, Obama's 'state secrets' echo Bush

Mar 1, 2009, Jasvir Singh, Global Sikh News, First Global Sikh Civil Rights Conference - Part I

Mar 1, 2009, Paul M. Schwartz, San Francisco Chronicle, Amend telecommunications surveillance laws