President Obama really opened a big fat can of worms when he issued those executive orders last week. Not only did he make all sorts of promises on state secrets that he’s now being called on to fulfill, but in promising to review the conditions of detention at More…
Whatever you think of the prosecution and conviction yesterday of the Holy Land Foundation following a 7-week trial, it does seem to prove that federal courts are capable of handling the prosecution of suspected terrorists.
Holy Land former chairman Ghassan Elashi and Shukri Abu-Baker, the group’s chief executive, were More…
Monday’s news that President-elect Barack Obama and his advisers are planning to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay and prosecute some of the prisoners detained there in special national-security courts has prompted a retreat by the Obama team and swift responses by advocates on all sides.
On Tuesday, senior Obama More…
As The Associated Press reported on Monday, President-elect Barack Obama is wasting no time in making plans to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center and ship the current prisoners out of there. Where they go, what happens to them and what happens to all the other suspected terrorists still in More…
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