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DOJ Claims Offer Clues on Obama Detention Policy

By | 06.01.09 | 6:00 am

President Obama’s statement in his speech at the National Archives that he plans to retain the power to hold some as-yet-unnamed terror suspects indefinitely without charge or trial was quickly overshadowed (perhaps intentionally) by his announcement last week of his first Supreme Court justice nominee.

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Iglesias: My Position is ‘Unclear Right Now’

By | 01.21.09 | 2:54 pm

I just got off the phone with David Iglesias, a former U.S. attorney and newly named Guantanamo Bay prosecutor, who discussed the fate of the Gitmo cases now that President Obama has announced that he has already filed a motion to halt military commission trials.

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Is Iglesias’ New Role Already Irrelevant?

By | 01.21.09 | 1:47 pm

If President Obama is drafting an executive order to close Guantanamo Bay, and he has already filed a motion to halt military commission trials, does that make fired U.S. Attorney David Iglesias’ new gig as a Gitmo prosecutor irrelevant?

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