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Right Before Khadr Hearing Starts, Gov’t Offers Plea Deal

By | 04.28.10 | 9:04 am

GUANTANAMO BAY — There were doubts, after yesterday’s late-breaking release of the Manual for military commissions, whether this morning’s pre-trial hearing to suppress Omar Khadr’s statements to interrogators would go forward at all. Now, the hearing’s about to get underway — whether Col. Pat Parrish, the military judge in 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…