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Obama’s Democratic authoritarianism
AntiWar.Com by Justin Raimondo He’s not closing Guantanamo, he’s continuing the ‘preventive detention’ policy of the Bush administration under a new rubric (’prolonged detention’), he’s on board with... ...
Obama's 'Preventive Detention' Plan Goes Beyond Bush Admin Policies
http://www.commondreams.or g/video/2009/05/22 ------ -- Facts and Myths about Obama's Preventive Detention Proposal By Glenn Greenwald In the wake of Obama's speech yesterday, there are vast numbers... ...
"You can’t sweep unlawful activities under the table"
Salon by Mark Benjamin President Obama vowed that ‘the United States will not torture’ only two days into his new administration. But one big question Obama hasn’t answered is whether and how to investigate... ...
Prisoners Tortured to Death - Terrorist threat “exploited to curb civil liberties”
By Stephen C. Webster The American Civil Liberties Union has released previously classified excerpts of a government report on harsh interrogation techniques used in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo... ...
Obama's Orders Leave Framework of Torture, Indefinite Detention Intact
By Tom Eley While the media is portraying these orders as a repudiation of the detention and interrogation policies of the Bush administration, they actually change little. They essentially represent... ...
Forgive and forget the crimes of the Bushies? I don’t think so
AlterNet by Paul Krugman 01/19/09 Last Sunday President-elect Barack Obama was asked whether he would seek an investigation of possible crimes by the Bush administration. ‘I don’t believe that anybody... ...
Statement on Senate Armed Services Committee Report on Abuse of Detainees in U.S. Custody
Center for Consitutional Rights (CCR) http://www.commondre ams.org/newswire/2008/12/1 1-16 -------- Panel blames White House, not soldiers, for abuse Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 12/12/08 Th e physical and... ...
With the Constitution on our side, we can reverse the freedom-robbing government actions and policies
New York Times Ad Kicks off National Campaign With Independence Day approaching, the Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC) is issuing a new declaration signed by nearly 600 people and organizations... ...
Scalia Cites False Information in Habeas Corpus Dissent
Marjorie Cohn writes for Truthout: "To bolster his argument that the Guantanamo detainees should be denied the right to prove their innocence in federal courts, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote in his dissent... ...
Supreme Court to Bush: You’re not above the law
Salon by James Ross 06/13/08 For the third time in four summers, the U.S. Supreme Court has slammed the Bush administration’s detention policies at Guantanamo Bay — locking up terrorist suspects indefinitely... ...