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Navy Commander Rescinds Order Halting Commercial Flights From Florida to Guantanamo
The Navy commander at Guantanamo has rescinded an order issued last month halting commercial air travel to Guantanamo from Florida.
Jason Leopold’s GITMO Updates
Jason Leopold Reports from the infamous prison facilities at Guantanamo Bay.
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Top Pentagon Official Suggests Military Won’t Bow to Gitmo Prisoners’ Demands to End Hunger Strike
A top Pentagon official's letter suggests military won't bow to Gitmo prisoners' demands to end hunger strike, stating prisoners' Korans are searched as a safety precaution.
A Forest of Poisonous Trees: The US Criminal (In)Justice System
The US criminal justice system has transformed into a tool of the national security state.
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Déjà vu: Defense Officials Downplay Growing Guantanamo Hunger Strike With Bush-Era Talking Points
The hunger strike parallels one that took place in 2006 when protest stemmed from the search of prisoners' Korans for hidden drugs.
America’s Three-Tiered Justice System
A three-tiered justice system has Congress churning out new bills to keep the prison industry booming.
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US Acknowledges 14 on Hunger Strike at Guantanamo Prison
Fifty-one attorneys wrote Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to intervene in ‘a serious threat to the health and life of detainees.’
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MA Prosecutor Lets Rumsfeld Walk, Charges Protester Instead
Shaun Joseph, a man arrested for disorderly conduct during a protest demanding the arrest of Donald Rumsfeld, begins his trail.
EXCLUSIVE: Newly Released Autopsy Reports Raise Questions About Deaths of Two Guantanamo Detainees
And a prominent forensic pathologist criticizes Guantanamo officials for failing to more closely monitor another detainee before his death from cardiovascular disease in 2011.
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Guantanamo Hunger Strike “Potentially Life-Threatening,” Attorneys Allege in Letter to Prison Officials
The prisoners, many of whom have been cleared for release, refused food when guards started to seize their personal items, such as books, family photos, letters and legal mail.