Obama Makes Indefinite Detention and Military Commissions His Own
Region: CubaWritten by Dafna Linzer, ProPublica President Obama yesterday formalized indefinite detention for dozens of men held at Guantanamo Bay and announced that the Pentagon would move ahead with military trials for a ha... more
Views: 1191Guantanamo As Prison and Courtroom: Is a White House Policy Unraveling or Coming Together?
Region: United States
By Dafna Linzer Last August, President Obama’s national security advisers, including Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, met in the Whit... more
Views: 1457White House to Move Guantanamo Prisoners to Thomson, Illinois
Region: Illinois
The White House will announce Tuesday plans to move some Guantanamo Bay prisoners to a facility in the rural town of Thomson, Illinois, news organizations including the Associated Press and Talking Points Memo confirmed. ... more
Views: 1733Executive Orders Since Inauguration: It's all Good
Region: United States
Since taking office at noon on Tuesday, President Barack Obama has signed quite a few Executive Orders that are music to the ears of Democrats and Progressives in the US. On Wednesday, Mr. Obama signed an Exec... more
Views: 2794Barack Obama to Close Guantanamo
Region: Afghanistan
Kabul: The President-elect of the United States, Barack Obama, has decided to close the American detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where nearly 800 suspected Al-Qaeda and Taleban members had been kept but most of... more
Views: 1230McCain Condemns Guantanamo Verdict
Region: United StatesRecently, the United States Supreme Court has given the ruling that the detainees at Guantanamo Bay do have rights. Also, the Supreme Court has given the ruling that the detainees are allowed access for civilian trials. Th... more
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