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- What Rumsfeld knew
  Posted by Billbar from Salon
  Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was personally involved in the late 2002 interrogation of a high-value al-Qaida detainee known in intelligence circles as "the 20th hijacker."
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- Rice looking forward to Guantanamo closure
  Posted by Billbar from Associated Press
  Anti-war protests large and small dogged Rice nearly everyplace she went, including the Blackburn town hall building where she met with local Muslim leaders.
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- Scalia's Recusal Sought in Key Detainee Case
  Posted by Billbar from Washington Post
  On the eve of oral argument in a key Supreme Court case on the rights of alleged terrorists, a group of retired U.S. generals and admirals has asked Justice Antonin Scalia to recuse himself, arguing that his recent public comments on the subject make it impossible for him to appear impartial.
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- No Legal Rights for Enemy Combatants, Scalia Says
  Posted by Billbar from Washington Post
  It is no surprise that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia reportedly told an overseas audience this month that the Constitution does not protect foreigners held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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- Medical ethics breaches seen at Guantanamo
  Posted by Billbar from MSNBC
  “These are fundamental violations. When doctors join the military, their medical ethics should not change. Medical personnel should not participate in any procedures harmful to the patient,” said Leonard Rubinstein, executive director of Physicians for Human Rights.
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- Pentagon Told to Release Gitmo Transcripts
  Posted by Billbar from Yahoo News!
  A federal judge ordered the Pentagon on Thursday to release the identities of hundreds of detainees at Guantanamo Bay to The Associated Press, a move which would force the government to break its secrecy and reveal the most comprehensive list yet of those who have been imprisoned there.
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- Invisible Men
  Posted by Billbar from Slate
  Guantanamo Bay currently holds over 400 prisoners. The Bush administration has repeatedly described these men as "the worst of the worst." Ten have been formally charged with crimes and will someday face military tribunals. The rest wait to learn what they have done wrong. Two major studies conclude that most of them have done very little wrong. A third says they are being tortured while they wait.
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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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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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