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Contention and Confusion in Guantanamo Pre-Trial Hearings for Al-Nashiri Military Commissions
Ongoing military commission hearings at Guantanamo Bay expose striking differences in defendants' rights and public transparency from usual federal court proceedings.
US Cold War Ally in the Docks at Guantanamo for USS Cole Bombing
The backstory of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a suspected mastermind of the USS Cole bombing in 2000 whose military commission pretrial hearings were recently held at Guantanamo Bay, is intertwined …
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Indefinite Inattention; the Obama Approach to Guantanamo
An end to indefinite detention seems never to have been part of the Obama administration's plan.
The Imperialist and Racist Origins of the Guantánamo Penal Colony
The roots of the US acquisition of its Naval base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba, where military commissions will be held this month for Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri and Khalid Sheikh …
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In Yemen, Let’s Redeem President Obama’s War on Terror Reform Speech
Following President Obama's speech on war reform, Robert Naiman will travel to Yemen in the hope of redeeming this promise. Petition in hand, Naiman will call for the release …
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A Sequel to “Senselessness”: Fiction and Genocide in Guatemala
Horacio Castellanos Moya's extraordinary novel, ‘Senselessness’, could almost be said to be predictive of the overturning of former Guatemalan dictator's Efrain Rios Montt's conviction for genocide and crimes against …
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Puerto Rican Independentista Oscar López Rivera’s 32 Years of Resistance to Torture
A new book examines the broader political significance of Puerto Rican activist Oscar Lopez Rivera's case, while providing an unflinching look at how imprisonment and draconian policies like solitary …
Scahill: Dirty Wars Institutionalized Despite Obama Promises
An interview with author Jeremy Scahill on his new book and movie - both entitled 'Dirty Wars'- about drones, night raids, Somalia, journalism, the Cold War on Terror, …
Guantanamo, Drone Strikes and the Non-War Terror War: Obama Speaks
Obama explained how he plans to continue his war on terror without calling it a war on terror.
The Deepening Shame of Guantanamo
An emerging humanitarian crisis - a mass hunger strike - is drawing only scant attention, says ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern.