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Pentagon Tentatively Drops Charges Against Gitmo Detainee Already Returned Home

By | 12.14.09 | 9:21 am

It took the Pentagon almost four months since a federal court ruled the government lacked sufficient evidence against Fouad al Rabia, but late last week — a day after the 50-year-old airline executive was flown home on a Kuwaiti royal jet — the U.S. military commission More…

Obama Legacy: A Parallel Justice System?

By | 10.29.09 | 6:00 am

In signing the Defense Authorization Act, which, among other things, amends the laws governing military commissions, President Obama confirmed Wednesday that he plans to keep the controversial military commissions alive. The effect is to deny at least some suspected terrorists — now called “unprivileged enemy More…