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Arguing for Habeas Rights for 3 Men Detained in Bagram

Sign outside hearing for Bagram Detainees There are 600+ men detained at the US detention center in Bagram Airbase near Kabul, Afghanistan.  Mostly, we know very little about them; even their names...

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Guantamano Turns 8 While More Lives Slip Away

Monday January 11 is the 8th anniversary of the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo. The emblematic symbol of the Bush regime’s “war on terror,” in which men were openly tortured, kept in isolation,...

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Challenging Bush Torture Architect John Yoo

Shut Down Guantanamo! in San Francisco Tuesday January 12, on both coasts, World Can’t Wait, Code Pink and other people of conscience demanded the prosecution of John Yoo, the principal legal architect...

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Victim of the War of Terror: Dr. Aafia Siddiqui

Note: On February 4, Dr. Siddiqui was found guilty of all charges.  This was not justice.  See a piece by Petra Bartosiewicz who was in court for its duration. The U.S. government’s case against Dr....

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Fordham University: Prettifying C.I.A. Clandestine Operations

I”m not sure what was worse; sitting in an auditorium for a speech by the head of CIA clandestine operations, or having most of the audience give a standing ovation afterward.  There were some low...

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Going on 9 Guantanamo Years

Lost in the flurry of bills passed as Congress ended was the inclusion in the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act of language that forbids any Pentagon funds being used to transport any detainee...

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