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Gitmo
Gitmo is the colloquial term for the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp. The camp was created under the Bush administration to hold prisoners suspected of terrorism. President Barack Obama signed an order to close the camp Jan. 22, 2009.
A judge in Guantanamo Bay's war crimes court has denied a request by military prosecutors to expand their case against a Sudanese detainee accused of being a bodyguard for Osama bin Laden.Prosecutors wanted more specifications to be added to charges of conspiracy and providing support for terrorism against Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi, a 49-year-old detainee who was one of the first prisoners brought to Guantanamo in 2002.But the judge, Air...
- Gitmo snitches in witness protection (nypost.com)
- Obama Breaks Promise on Shutting Gitmo Down by January 2010 (uprisingradio.org)
- Stories of Gitmo lawyers at Dodd Center (dailycampus.com)
PAUL SPERRYhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/another_spying_scandal_at_gitmo_I7hKkTOEivnunImP6QY4gIA number of Arabic and Pashtu interpreters at the terror-war detention center at Guantanamo Bay are under active investigation for omitting valuable intelligence from their translations of detainee interrogations, among other security breaches. This could taint some of the evidence at the "9/11 trial" in New York and proceedings...
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From docstalk.blogspot.com
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Three Republicans hoping to succeed Rep. Mark Kirk representing the North Shore in Congress split with him today on his statements about a White House proposal to transfer terrorism suspects from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to a northwest Illinois prison.
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- AP: Italy May Accept More Gitmo Detainees (search.msn.com)
- France, Hungary Take Gitmo Detainees (search.msn.com)
- McMaster: Gitmo detainees would put citizens at risk (search.msn.com)
ROME — Two Tunisians who had been detained at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, arrived in Italy Monday and will be tried on terrorism charges for having allegedly recruited fighters for Afghanistan, officials said. Adel Ben Mabrouk ...
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- Two Tunisian Gitmo inmates face trial in Italy (search.msn.com)
The only thing he's being consistent on is his inconsistency. Seems like after weeks of incendiary, obtuse and frankly incoherent rhetoric on Guantanamo Bay detainees and the probability of their transfer to the U.S. for trial and detention, Rep. Kirk...
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From democracyarsenal.org
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Thomson Correctional Center (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) The last time we checked in with the Gitmo situation almost two weeks ago, the story was drawing attention both nationally and locally. In Illinois, local politicians were arguing back and forth over the possible transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees to the Thomson Correctional Center in Thompson, Illinois. On Friday, House Republicans decided to make their concerns heard by...
From chicagoist.com
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- McCain: Gitmo policy should have come first, not decision to close (news.google.com)
-By Warner Todd Huston
Earlier this month President Obama fired Greg Craig, his main counsel on matters concerning the Guantanamo Bay Facility. And this week Obama sheds another one of his GITMO team with the resignation of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense for Detainee Policy Phillip Carter.
It appears that Obama’s GITMO team is being systematically eliminated. [...]
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From stoptheaclu.com
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