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One thing you can always count on is the right-wing having a rabid reaction to the the use of civilian trials for terrorists. Without hesitation, they vehemently insist civilian trials for terrorists are security risks, cost taxpayers ton's of money, and do not produce successful results. Instead, they demand military commissions for all terrorists, where convictions are guaranteed and "real justice" is exacted. Never mind the fact that only five cases in the military commission system at... Read Full Story
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While Gen. David Petraeus and his staff attempt to project a unified front of optimism on the war in Afghanistan, their are many in the State Department and the Pentagon who really know that all is not well with the administration's surge in the desolated country. Per Elisabeth Bumiller in the latest edition of The New York Times:
The recent reports circulating in Washington’s national security establishment about the Afghan battleground of Marja show glimmerings of progress: bazaars are... Read Full Story
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Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has the story:
A federal judge is set to hear arguments on Monday in a lawsuit challenging an alleged secret Obama administration plan to use lethal force against an American-born Islamic cleric hiding in Yemen.
The cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki, is a leader of the Yemen-based group Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. He has facilitated training camps in Yemen, encouraged new recruits, and helped prepare Umar Abdulmutallab in his attempt to blow up an... Read Full Story
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Is it legal to target a U.S. citizen for execution far away from any battlefield, without due process? Arguments for and against the power of targeted killing, asserted by the Obama administration, will be heard today by a federal judge. Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has the story:
A federal judge is set to hear arguments on Monday in a lawsuit challenging an alleged secret Obama administration plan to use lethal force against an American-born Islamic cleric hiding in Yemen... Read Full Story
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In today's New York Times, Benedict Carney gives us a tragic view into the effects of repeated deployments of military service members on the mental health of their children:
In the study, a research team led by Dr. Gregory H. Gorman of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences analyzed the health records of 642,397 children ages 3 to 8 with parents in the military. It compared the frequency of health visits from 2006 to 2007 when a parent was deployed with those when the... Read Full Story
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In today's New York Times, Benedict Carney gives us a tragic view into the effects of repeated deployments of military service members on the mental health of their children:
In the study, a research team led by Dr. Gregory H. Gorman of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences analyzed the health records of 642,397 children ages 3 to 8 with parents in the military. It compared the frequency of health visits from 2006 to 2007 when a parent was deployed with those when the... Read Full Story
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Published to Guantanamo Bay Cases
A year and a half after his inauguration, Obama has failed to deliver on a key counterterrorism goal: to close Guantanamo Bay. Indeed, with new revelations about a secret prison in Bagram, proposals to legalize indefinite detention, and the festering debates about where to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, questions about how and where we should hold detainees remain contentious. This panel will revisit these questions and discuss ways to close Gitmo and return to the rule of law in our detainee... Read Full Story
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Published to Guantanamo Bay Cases
A year and a half after his inauguration, Obama has failed to deliver on a key counterterrorism goal: to close Guantanamo Bay. Indeed, with new revelations about a secret prison in Bagram, proposals to legalize indefinite detention, and the festering debates about where to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, questions about how and where we should hold detainees remain contentious. This panel will revisit these questions and discuss ways to close Gitmo and return to the rule of law in our detainee... Read Full Story
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We haven't heard much lately from the folks who say the Obama administration is making America vulnerable by trying terrorists in federal criminal courts instead of in military commissions. It's probably because their rhetoric has been dealt a serious blow by the flurry of guilty pleas this year by high-profile terror suspects. They include:
• Faisal Shahzad, who pleaded guilty in June to attempting to blow up a bomb-laden SUV in Times Square in a plot supported by the Pakistani Taliban... Read Full Story
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Published to War on Terrorism
We haven't heard much lately from the folks who say the Obama administration is making America vulnerable by trying terrorists in federal criminal courts instead of in military commissions. It's probably because their rhetoric has been dealt a serious blow by the flurry of guilty pleas this year by high-profile terror suspects. They include:
• Faisal Shahzad, who pleaded guilty in June to attempting to blow up a bomb-laden SUV in Times Square in a plot supported by the Pakistani Taliban... Read Full Story
