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    • U.S. mulls Guantanamo closure as Bush term nears end

      Posted by Jeff from Rawstory

      The Bush administration could announce plans by the end of its term in January to close Guantanamo prison and an upcoming Supreme Court ruling might be the impetus for this, senior U.S. officials and experts say. The government is under international and domestic pressure to close the prison.

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    • AP confirms secret camp inside Gitmo

      Posted by Jeff from Seattle Post-Intelligencer

      Somewhere amid the cactus-studded hills on this sprawling Navy base, separate from the cells where hundreds of men suspected of links to al-Qaida and the Taliban have been locked up for years, is a place even more closely guarded - a jailhouse so protected that its very location is top secret.

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    • Court Tells U.S. to Reveal Data on Detainees at Guantánamo

      Posted by Jeff from New York Times

      A federal appeals court ordered the government yesterday to turn over virtually all its information on Guantánamo detainees who are challenging their detention, rejecting an effort by the Justice Department to limit disclosures and setting the stage for new legal battles over the government’s reasons for holding the men indefinitely.

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      2 Guantanamo detainees’ cases tossed

      Posted by Jeff from MSNBC

      Military judges dismissed charges Monday against a Guantanamo detainee who chauffeured Osama bin Laden and another who allegedly killed a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan, marking a stunning setback to Washington's attempts to try detainees in military court.

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    Jeff comments on:

    2 Guantanamo detainees’ cases tossed

    The entire dysfunctional terror war is reaching its epoch.

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    7:54 pm 6/04/07
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    Billbar comments on:

    Supreme Court blocks Bush, Gitmo war trials

    Scalia, Alito and Thomas voted against. Roberts recused himself. These 3 men don't even know right from wrong anymore.

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    8:20 am 6/29/06
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