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May 31, 2008, William Glaberson, New York Times, Army Judge Is Replaced for Trial of Guantanamo Detainee
May 31, 2008, Karen DeYoung, Washington Post, Intelligence Official Sees Little Progress Before Bush Exits
May 31, 2008, Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times, Judge critical of Guantanamo war crimes case is dismissed
May 30, 2008, Jesselyn Raddack, Washington Post, FBI Abuse, Unmentioned
May 30, 2008, Emily Berman, New Republic, John Ashcroft's bogus rationale for ducking an important internal investigation on torture
May 30, 2008, Matt Renner, TruthOut, Internet Attacked as Tool of Terror
May 30, 2008, Editorial, Hartford (CT) Courant, The 'War Crimes File"
May 30, 2008, Anil Dawar, Guardian (UK), Guantánamo Bay: Death Row Inmate in Plea to PM
May 30, 2008, Clive Stanford Smith, The Independent (UK), Why Has the Government Forsaken Binyam Mohamed
May 30, 2008, Sana'a, YemenOnline, Yemen reiterates request to U.S. to extradite Gitmo detainees
May 30, 2008, Jane Sutton, Reuters, Guantanamo Judge Dismissed in Canadian's Case
May 30, 2008, Carol Cratty & Kevin Bohn, CNN, Attorneys: Terrorism Trials Rushed to Influence Election
May 30, 2008, Tim Shorrock, Salon, Former High-Ranking Bush Officials Enjoy War Profits
May 30, 2008, Anne Broache, CNET, Congress May OK 'Compromise' Bill to Derail Spying Lawsuits
May 30, 2008, Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, Thirty-Four Convicted in Guantanamo Protest Case
May 29, 2008, Melissa Hapke, Huffington Post, ACLU Takes Sen. Bond to Task on Telecom Immunity
May 29, 2008, H. G. Reza, Los Angeles Times, Reports Concern Muslims
May 29, 2008, David McFadden, Associated Press, Afghan at Guantanamo Seeks Dismissal of Charges
May 29, 2008, Josh White, Washington Post, Colonel Says Speaking Out Cost a Medal
May 29, 2008, Krista Minteer, Human Rights First, Post 9-11 Terrorism Cases Show Federal Courts Bring Terrorists to Justice Without Administrative Detention, Military Commission
May 29, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, '9/11 Hero' Takes Over Prison Camp
May 29, 2008, Daphne Eviatar, AmLaw Daily, Covington & Burlington Partner Takes on Defense of Guantanamo Death Penalty Case
May 29, 2008, Robert Parry, Consortium News, Surprise, Surprise: Bush Lied
May 28, 2008, Editorial, Los Angeles Times, Tap Dance
May 28, 2008, Susan Crane, Common Dreams, Reflection on Sami al-Haj
May 28, 2008, Leslie Harris and John Morris, Huffington Post, We've Met the Enemy and it is the Messenger
May 28, 2008, Pete Yost, Associated Press, Report Says Courts Can Handle Terrorism Cases
May 27, 2008, Editorial, New York Times, The Torture Scandal
May 27, 2008, Stacy Sullivan, Salon, The Forgotten Kid of Guantánamo
May 27, 2008, Louis Porter, Rutland (VT) Herald, High Court to Issue Habeas Corpus Decision
May 27, 2008, Tom Burghardt, Dissident Voice, FBI Compiled “War Crimes” Dossier on Prisoner Abuse and Torture
May 27, 2008, Jo Siedlecka, Independent Catholic News, Guantanamo Bay campaigners go on trial
May 26, 2008, James Carroll, Boston Globe, Guantanamo's day in court
May 26, 2008, Eric Schmidt and David Johnston, New York Times, States Chafing at U.S. Focus on Terrorism
May 26, 2008, Robyn Blumner, Salt Lake (UT) Tribune, America's Road to Torture and Those Who Kept Silent About It
May 26, 2008, Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post, The Only Thing We Have to Fear ...
May 25, 2008, Editorial, Washington Post, The Torture Scandal's Heroes
May 25, 2008, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, How Telecoms Are Attempting to Buy Amnesty From Congress
May 24, 2008, Lara Jakes Jordan, Associated Press, Mukasey defends author of so-called torture memos
May 24, 2008, Associated Press, US residents in military brigs? Govt says it's war
May 24, 2008, Matthew Rothschild, Progressive, Vets for Peace Booted from National Memorial Day Parade
May 23, 2008, Peter Greier, Christian Science Monitor, Detainee treatment: New details; A Justice Department audit concludes that overall, the FBI didn't engage in harsh treatment.
May 23, 2008, Matthew Lee, Associated Press, Rice Defends Post 9/11 Torture
May 23, 2008, Scott Horton, Harper's, A Vital Election-year Initiative Against Torture
May 23, 2008, James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, House Aims At Pentagon 'Propaganda' on Iraq War
May 23, 2008, Christopher Kuttruff, TruthOut, Despite FBI Dissent, Torture Continued
May 23, 2008, New York Times, Guantánamo Judge Won't Delay Trials
May 22, 2008, Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, DHS Will Face Questions on Care of Detained Immigrants
May 22, 2008, Carrie Johnson and Josh White, Washington Post, Interrogation Tactics Were Challenged at White House
May 22, 2008, Editorial, New York Times, What the F.B.I. Agents Saw
May 22, 2008, David Lindorff, Common Dreams, For His Treatment of Children in the 'War on Terror,' Bush Is a War Criminal
May 22, 2008, Democracy Now!, US Defends Imprisonment of Iraqi Youths
May 22, 2008, Mark Pazniokas, Hartford (CT) Courant, Cheney Tells Coast Guard Grads: 9/11 Defines Their Careers
May 21, 2008, Canadian Press, High court's ruling in Khadr case could have wide-ranging impact
May 21, 2008, BBC News, US 'stuck' with Guantanamo prison
May 21, 2008, Associated Press, Canada's Supreme Court could issue ruling against Guantanamo on Friday
May 21, 2008, Andy Worthington, AlterNet, Betrayals, Backsliding and Boycotts: The Continuing Collapse of Guantánamo's Military Commissions
May 21, 2008, Eric Lichtblau & Scott Shane, New York Times, Report Details Dissent on Guantánamo Tactics
May 21, 2008, Fanny Carrier, Agence France-Presse, Ex-Guantanamo Inmate Finds Distracted Audience at US Congress
May 21, 2008, Tom Engelhardt, The Nation, The Iron Laws of Imprisonment, Bush-Style
May 21, 2008, Ted Rall, TedRall.com, Propagandists First, Journalists Second
May 21, 2008, Marisa Taylor, McClatchy Newspapers, Report Details Military Tactics FBI Agents Found Abusive
May 21, 2008, Nick Turse, TomDispatch, Torturing Iron Man
May 21, 2008, William Fisher, Inter Press Service, Guantanamo Trials Hit Setbacks
May 21, 2008, Democracy Now!, Former Chief UN Weapons Inspector Hans Blix on the US Rush to War in Iraq
May 21, 2008, Joshua Holland, AlterNet, Enforcement on Steroids: Homeland Security's Emerging Immigration Police State
May 20, 2008, Dean Yates, Reuters, Reuters Seeks New Inquiry Into Slain Journalists in Iraq
May 20, 2008, Editorial, Wall Street Journal, The Lawyers War
May 20, 2008, Jess Bravin, Wall Street Journal, Abuse Impaired 9/11 Suspect
May 20, 2008, Sean Gonsalves, Common Dreams, Wanna Know a Secret (Law)?
May 20, 2008, Richard Ford, Times (UK), British Contemplate 'Big Brother' Database For Phones and E-mails
May 20, 2008, Carrie Johnson, Washington Post, Report: FBI Slow in Reporting Detainee Abuse
May 20, 2008, Cynthia Cooper, Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting, Failing to Use the 1st Amendment to Defend the Bill of Rights
May 20, 2008, Howie Klein, Huffington Post, Warrantless Wiretaps and Retroactive Immunity Are Un-American
May 20, 2008, Bruce Fein, Washington Times, McCain's salute to checks and balances
May 20, 2008, Ben Fox, Associated Press, Lawyer: Gitmo suspect attempted suicide
May 19, 2008, Chalmers Johnson, TruthDig, Inverted Totalitarianism: A New Way of Understanding How the U.S. Is Controlled
May 19, 2008, Jeb Koogler, Moderate Voice, After Guantanamo
May 19, 2008, Associated Press, Delay sought for arraignment of 9/11 suspect
May 19, 2008, Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, Will Pentagon Blunders Mean the End of Military Trials for Terrorists?
May 19, 2008, Kenneth Roth, Foreign Affairs, After Guantánamo: The Case Against Preventive Detention
May 19, 2008, Amy Goodman & Clive Stafford Smith, Democracy Now!, Clive Stafford Smith: US Holding 27,000 in Secret Overseas Prisons;
May 19, 2008, Walter Pincus, Washington Post, Keeping Secrets: In Presidential Memo, A New Designation for Classifying Information
May 19, 2008, Peter James Spielmann, Associated Press, Report: US Detains Hundreds of Youth Suspects in Iraq
May 18, 2008, David W. Orr, Common Dreams, Refitting the Presidency to the Constitution
May 18, 2008, Albor Ruiz, Daily News (NY), Immigration's human rights shame is now a moral crisis
May 18, 2008, Carolyn Jones, San Francisco Chronicle, Torture protests at UC law school ceremonies
May 18, 2008, Anna Gorman, Los Angeles Times, Immigration agency plans new family detention centers
May 18, 2008, Russ Feingold, Los Angeles Times, Bush is keeping too much law under lock and key
May 17, 2008, William Glaberson, New York Times, Detainee's Trial Delayed Until Justices Rule
May 17, 2008, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, F.B.I. Gets Mixed Review in Interrogation Report
May 17, 2008, Eric Schmitt and Tim Golden, New York Times, U.S. Planning Big New Prison in Afghanistan
May 17, 2008, Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times, Defenders of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, 4 others ask Guantanamo judge to dismiss charges
May 17, 2008, Pamela Hess, Associated Press, Intelligence agencies seek aid to recruit immigrants
May 17, 2008, Jerry Markon, Washington Post, End FBI-ATF Rift, Senators Urge
May 17, 2008, Editorial, Washington Post, Detention Deficit
May 16, 2008, Jacob Hornberger, Media with Conscience, The Shameful Mistreatment of Prisoners
May 16, 2008, Editorial, Washington Post, Torture's Blowback
May 15, 2008, Ryan Singel, Wired, Senators Ask FBI to Explain Flawed 'National Security Letter' to Internet Archive
May 15, 2008, Ryan Singel, Wired, Report: Government's Cyber Security Plan Is Riddled With New Spying Programs
May 15, 2008, Colin Freeze, Globe and Mail (Canada), Ottawa feared Khadr faced U.S. 'rendition'
May 15, 2008, Times (UK), Philippe Sands: use of torture undermines international law
May 15, 2008, Amy Goodman, TruthDig, Whistle-Blower Points to Target List in US Attack on Hotel
May 15, 2008, Robert C. Koehler, Common Wonders, The Penta-Pundits
May 15, 2008, Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch, Kiss American Security Goodbye
May 15, 2008, Haroon Siddiqui, Toronto Star, Failed War on Terrorism on Display
May 14, 2008, Randy Gostlin, Toronto Sun, The conscience of Canada
May 14, 2008, Michelle Shephard, Toronto Star, Canadian Senator blasts Ottawa, U.S. over handling of Khadr case
May 14, 2008, Marie Cocco, TruthDig, The Face of Torture
May 14, 2008, Michael Melia, Associated Press, Disqualified General Won't Quit Tribunals
May 14, 2008, Center for Democracy and Technology, Legislation Needed to Correct Widespread Errors in Use of National Security Letters
May 14, 2008, William Glaberson, New York Times, Case Against 9/11 Detainee Is Dismissed
May 14, 2008, Jim Lobe, Inter Press Service, School Military Recruiting Could Violate International Protocol
May 14, 2008, Amy Goldstein and Dana Priest, Washington Post, Some Detainees Are Drugged For Deportation
May 14, 2008, Michiko Kakutani, New York Times, How Abu Ghraib Became the Anything-Goes Prison
May 14, 2008, Josh White and Julie Tate, Washington Post, Charges Against 9/11 Suspect Dropped
May 14, 2008, Nina Bernstein, New York Times, Italian's Detention Illustrates Dangers Foreign Visitors Face
May 13, 2008, Star Tribune (MN), Minnesota House, Senate reject REAL ID
May 13, 2008, Robert Scheer, TruthDig, The Tortured Law on Torture
May 13, 2008, Progress Report, CONGRESS -- GOP HOUSE BILL BUCKS BUSH ON SIGNING STATEMENTS:
May 13, 2008, Emily Bazelon and Dahlia Lithwick, Slate, A Few Good Soldiers - More members of the military turn against the terror trials.
May 13, 2008, Democracy Now!, Fmr. Military Intelligence Sgt. Reveals US Listed Palestine Hotel in Baghdad as Target Prior to Killing of Two Journalists in 2003
May 13, 2008, Scott Shane, New York Times, Blunt Federal Letters Tell Students They're Security Threats
May 13, 2008, Nat Hentoff, Washington Times, Let the sunshine in
May 13, 2008, Ben Fox, Associated Press, U.S. Drops Charges Against '20th Hijacker' Facing Guantanamo Trial
May 13, 2008, Anne Flaherty, Associated Press, Ex-Officials: Bush Admin. Ignored Iraq Corruption
May 13, 2008, Guy Reel, Common Dreams, The Handy Reference Guide to Bush Disasters, Incompetencies, and Lies
May 13, 2008, George Monbiot, Guardian (UK), How to Build a Human Bomb
May 12, 2008, Carol Rosenburg, Miami Herald, Pentagon preparing for 9/11 suspects' first appearance
May 12, 2008, Jess Bravin, Wall Street Journal, Key Official Barred From Trial at Guantanamo
May 12, 2008, Amy Goldstein and Dana Priest, Washington Post, In Custody, in Pain
May 12, 2008, Richard B. Schmitt, Los Angeles Times, Domestic spying far outpaces terrorism prosecutions
May 12, 2008, Colin Freeze, Globe and Mail (Canada), U.S. paid bounty for Khadr arrest in Pakistan
May 12, 2008, Ramsy Baroud, ZNet, US Terrorism Report: Selective Data, Wrong Lessons
May 12, 2008, Heather Chambers, San Diego (CA) Business Journal, Thomas Jefferson Law Professor Testifies About Post-9/11 Prisoners
May 11, 2008, ThinkProgress, Sands: Bush's Architects Of Torture Are 'Weaseling Out' Of Responsibility For 'Crimes'»
May 11, 2008, Emptywheel, Politicizing Show Trials at the Same Time as Politicizing DOJ
May 11, 2008, Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSBlog, Commentary: War crimes trials and outside pressure
May 11, 2008, Editorial, Baltimore Sun, Military tribunal fiasco; Our view: Return suspected terrorists to US courts
May 11, 2008, William Glaberson, New York Times, Judge's Guantánamo Ruling Bodes Ill for System
May 10, 2008, William Glaberson, New York Times, Judge Drops General From Trial of Detainee
May 10, 2008, Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press, Reporter challenges ruling over sources in anthrax case
May 10, 2008, Paul Walsh, Star Tribune (MN), Three Suspended for Not Standing for Pledge of Allegiance
May 10, 2008, Editorial, Washington Post, Needed Testimony
May 10, 2008, Patrick Walters, Associated Press, Journalist facing fines urges press to protect 1st Amendment
May 9, 2008, Meiling Arounnarath, Raleigh News & Observer (NC), Groups want change in Chapel Hill's picket rules
May 9, 2008, William Fisher, Inter Press Service, Lawmakers Seek Probe of 'Media Generals'
May 9, 2008, Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times, Human Rights Groups Unveil Traveling Exhibit Aimed To Bring Guantanamo Home
May 9, 2008, Vincent Bugliosi, Common Dreams, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder
May 9, 2008, Megan Tady, Common Dreams, Why Big Media Needs Propaganda to Survive
May 9, 2008, Associated Press, Judge May Make CIA Torture Memo Public
May 9, 2008, Randall Mikkelsen, Reuters, Guantanamo Judge Threatens To Halt Canadian Case
May 8, 2008, Reuters, U.S. Says 5 - 10 Percent Of Guantanamo Inmates Fight Again
May 8, 2008, Kevin Cullen, Boston Globe, Pressed Freedom
May 8, 2008, Amy Goodman, TruthDig, The US War on Journalists
May 8, 2008, Steve Moss, Guardian (UK), DIY Journalist Dahr Jamail: 'I Wanted to Report on Where The Silence Was'
May 8, 2008, Marjorie Cohn, Common Dreams, From the Department of Justice to Guantánamo Bay: Administration Lawyers and Administration Interrogation Rules
May 8, 2008, Russ Feingold, Los Angeles Times, Government in Secret
May 8, 2008, Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, Online Library Gets FBI To Back Off On National Security Letter
May 8, 2008, Elana Schor, Guardian (UK), White House Tells Court of Missing Emails From Beginning of Iraq War
May 8, 2008, Carol Rosenburg, Miami Herald, Judge threatens to suspend war court trial
May 7, 2008, Electronic Frontier Foundation, FBI Withdraws Unconstitutional National Security Letter
May 7, 2008, Ben Fox, Associated Press, Pentagon confirms: Freed detainee was suicide bomber
May 7, 2008, William Fisher, Inter Press Service, Abuse Claims Mount Against Pentagon, Contractors
May 7, 2008, Paul Elias, Associated Press, FBI Withdraws Digital Library's National Security Letter
May 7, 2008, International Herald Tribune, Attorneys for alleged enemy combatant in South Carolina request hearing
May 7, 2008, Ryan Singel, Wired, FBI Targets Internet Archive With Secret 'National Security Letter', Loses
May 7, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Comedy of errors as war court complex debuts
May 7, 2008, Marisa Taylor, Miami Herald, Cheney aide will be forced to testify
May 7, 2008, Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby, New York Times, Guantánamo, Defended
May 7, 2008, William Glaberson, New York Times, Lawyers for Guantánamo Inmates Accuse U.S. of Eavesdropping
May 7, 2008, Larry Cox, Miami Herald, Like Bush, I'd like `Guantánamo to end'
May 7, 2008, Omar El Akkad, Globe and Mail (Canada), Teens March Against Khadr Detention
May 7, 2008, Matt Renner, TruthOut, Bush Iraq Emails Not Recoverable
May 7, 2008, Matt Renner, TruthOut, Bush Iraq Emails Not Recoverable
May 6, 2008, Michael Washburn, Guardian (UK), Tortured justification
May 6, 2008, Carol Rosenburg, Miami Herald, Detainee seeks proof of torture in UK lawsuit
May 6, 2008, Editorial, New York Times, Death by Detention
May 6, 2008, Gareth Porter, Inter Press Service, Pentagon Targeted Iran for Regime Change after 9/11
May 6, 2008, Michael Washburn, Guardian (UK), Tortured Justification
May 6, 2008, Thomas Ferraro, Reuters, US Panel Authorizes Subpoena of Cheney Aide
May 6, 2008, Editorial, Las Vegas Sun (Nevada), Too Much Secrecy
May 6, 2008, Josh White, Washington Post, Justice System for Detainees Is Moving at a Crawl
May 6, 2008, Ari Shapiro, National Public Radio, FBI Searches Office of Special Counsel Building
May 5, 2008, Kenneth Roth, Huffington Post, After Guantánamo
May 5, 2008, Nina Bernstein, New York Times, Few Details on Immigrants Who Died in Custody
May 5, 2008, Democracy Now!, Guantanamo's Child: The Untold Story of Omar Khadr
May 5, 2008, Editorial, Washington Post, Coming Clean on Torture
May 5, 2008, Joanne Mariner, FindLaw, Torture, Rendition, and International Law
May 5, 2008, Sean Gonsalves, Common Dreams, Shhhh ... This Is a 'Secretocracy'
May 5, 2008, Andrew Perlman, National Law Journal, The 'TORTURE MEMOS' Lessons for All of Us
May 4, 2008, Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, Government wiretaps - the ones we know about - up 20% for 2007
May 4, 2008, Shayana Kadidal, The Nation, 'Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantánamo Bay' Is Funny -- Nothing About the Real Place Is
May 4, 2008, Rafael Behr, Guardian (UK), So much for the rights of man
May 4, 2008, Helen Thomas, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Bush Admits He Approved Torture
May 4, 2008, Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times, A Prison of Shame, and It's Ours
May 3, 2008, David Cronin, Inter Press Service, Renditions Ruin The EU Case For Human Rights
May 3, 2008, Pamela Hess, Associated Press, Senate Panel Bans Private Contractors in CIA Interrogations
May 3, 2008, Matthew Rothschild, Progressive, ACLU of Colorado Sues to Ensure DNC Protesters' Rights
May 2, 2008, Adam Cohen, New York Times, Voting Rights Are Too Important to Leave to the States
May 2, 2008, Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus, Groups warn travelers to limit laptop data
May 2, 2008, Alexander Bolton, The Hill, House GOP targets Carney on FISA
May 2, 2008, Nick Juliano, Raw Story, White House won't disclose which telcos it advised on wiretap lobbying
May 2, 2008, Jennifer Daskal, Salon, Lawless in Guantanamo
May 2, 2008, Editorial, New York Times, Notes From the War on Terror
May 2, 2008, Editorial, Washington Post, A Trial Too Far
May 2, 2008, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, What Backroom Conniving Are Steny Hoyer and the Chris Carney Blue Dogs Up To on FISA?
May 2, 2008, Richard C. Paddock, Los Angeles Times, Teacher Fired For Refusing To Sign Loyalty Oath
May 2, 2008, Helen Thomas, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Bush Admits He Approved Torture
May 1, 2008, Jennifer Granick, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Protecting Yourself From Suspicionless Searches While Traveling
May 1, 2008, Editorial, Philadelphia Inquirer, War Crimes Tribunals: Corruption for All to See
May 1, 2008, Associated Press, Al Jazeera Cameraman Freed From Guantanamo After Six Years
May 1, 2008, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Brian Williams' “Response” to the Military Analyst Story
May 1, 2008, Alison Raphael, OneWorld, Supreme Court Voter ID Decision Widely Denounced
May 1, 2008, Democracy Now!, US Citizens, Lawful Residents Sue Government for Illegal Detention in LA Immigration Raid
May 1, 2008, Phillippe Sands, Vanity Fair, The Green Light