No signs of phaseout for Gitmo
Boston Globe
06/11/07
The Bush administration has transferred three suspected terrorists to the Guantanamo Bay prison since March, despite recent legal setbacks and President Bush’s statement that he would like to close the controversial facility. The three detainees are the first to arrive in Guantanamo Bay since 2004, with the exception of those who were abruptly transferred last fall when Bush closed secret CIA prisons in Europe after their existence became known. Two of the recent transfers were captured in a sweeping counterterrorism operation in Somalia. The third is Iraqi. The lack of new arrivals — and the large number of detainees who were being sent home — had led many human rights advocates to believe the Guantanamo Bay prison was being phased out amid widespread international outrage. But now, new detainees are arriving and the flow of releases has slowed significantly — from 102 last year to 15 this year...
http://tinyurl.com/2pwpux
Gitmo at home
http://www.thepriceofliberty.org/07/10/15/heleniak.htm
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=secret+prisons
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gitmo
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Guantanamo
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=detainees
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Somalia
06/11/07
The Bush administration has transferred three suspected terrorists to the Guantanamo Bay prison since March, despite recent legal setbacks and President Bush’s statement that he would like to close the controversial facility. The three detainees are the first to arrive in Guantanamo Bay since 2004, with the exception of those who were abruptly transferred last fall when Bush closed secret CIA prisons in Europe after their existence became known. Two of the recent transfers were captured in a sweeping counterterrorism operation in Somalia. The third is Iraqi. The lack of new arrivals — and the large number of detainees who were being sent home — had led many human rights advocates to believe the Guantanamo Bay prison was being phased out amid widespread international outrage. But now, new detainees are arriving and the flow of releases has slowed significantly — from 102 last year to 15 this year...
http://tinyurl.com/2pwpux
Gitmo at home
http://www.thepriceofliberty.org/07/10/15/heleniak.htm
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=secret+prisons
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gitmo
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Guantanamo
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=detainees
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Somalia
rudkla - 12. Jun, 11:27
