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Cue the Manufactured Outrage Over Terror Trials

By | 01.15.10 | 11:56 am

The terrorist Hambali, a former occupant of a CIA black-site cell, might be tried in Washington, D.C., which doesn’t know a thing about security.

An intense security review is under way as the Obama administration considers holding a trial in Washington for the Guantanamo Bay detainee suspected of planning

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Just Your Typical Facebook Interaction Between GTMO Guards and Ex-Detainees

By | 01.12.10 | 9:22 am

They friend each other!

Mr. Neely, an Army veteran who spent six months at the prison in 2002, sent messages to one of the freed men, Shafiq Rasul, and was astonished when Mr. Rasul replied. Their exchanges sparked a face-to-face meeting, arranged by the

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Pete Hoekstra Approves of Obama’s Yemen Decision

By | 01.05.10 | 5:06 pm

The GOP congressman and candidate for governor of Michigan is quick with his (faint) praise on Twitter:

Yemeni Transfers From GTMO on Hold

By | 01.05.10 | 3:27 pm

Jake Tapper reports from the White House press briefing today:

“One of the very first things that Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula used as a recruiting tool was the existence of Guantanamo Bay,” White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said at his daily briefing. “We are not going

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Hoekstra: ‘Truth Hurts’

By | 12.30.09 | 3:11 pm

Clearly enjoying the attention he’s getting for his aggressive attacks on the Obama administration’s handling of terror threats, Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) takes to Twitter to declare victory:

McCain, Graham and Lieberman Twist Facts for Political Gain

By | 12.30.09 | 9:23 am

It’s not exactly surprising that some Republicans would be using the failed Christmas terror plot to grandstand and try to thwart President Obama’s plans to close the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, but there’s something particularly disconcerting when leading senators such as John McCain (R-Ariz.), Lindsey Graham More…

Why No GOP Outrage Over Failed Plane Bomber’s Detention in Michigan?

By | 12.28.09 | 9:54 am

So Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the alleged would-be bomber of Northwest Airlines Flight 253, is being detained and questioned in a federal prison in Michigan. He’s expected to appear in court today, after federal authorities indicted him yesterday. If convicted, he’ll be imprisoned in a federal prison. A federal civilian More…

Gitmo Not Likely to Close Till 2011 at the Earliest

By | 12.23.09 | 1:32 pm

We’d already set aside the January 2010 deadline for closing the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay that President Obama set on his first day in office. But now the administration is acknowledging that it probably won’t close the prison down until 2011 — at the earliest.

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U.S. Transfers 12 Detainees Out of Gitmo

By | 12.22.09 | 11:20 am

The Department of Justice this morning announced that twelve detainees have been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to Afghanistan, Yemen and the Somaliland region.

Here’s the announcement, with the names of the detainees, which had previously been withheld:

As directed by the President’s

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Untested Military Commissions Face Challenges

By | 12.22.09 | 6:00 am

In February 2004, Ubrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi was charged with conspiring with al Qaeda in Afghanistan, Pakistan and elsewhere to attack and murder civilians and destroy property. The government claimed that al Qosi was an armed guard and driver for Osama bin Laden going back More…