No end in sight for the “enemy combatants” of Guantanamo
Future of Freedom Foundation
by Andy Worthington
01/12/09
On the seventh anniversary of the opening of the ‘war on terror’ prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (on January 11, 2002), this is perhaps a rather bleak title, given that Barack Obama has pledged to close the prison, but recent events in a U.S. District Court — largely overlooked in the mainstream media — have demonstrated how difficult it will be to deliver justice to the remaining prisoners, because of the veneer of legitimacy that covers the Bush administration’s self-declared right to seize anyone the president regards as an ‘enemy combatant’ and hold him indefinitely without charge or trial...
http://www.fff.org/comment/com0901f.asp
[ http://www.lewrockwell.com/worthington/worthington9.html ]
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=enemy+combatant
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Guantanamo
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Andy+Worthington
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=/worthington
by Andy Worthington
01/12/09
On the seventh anniversary of the opening of the ‘war on terror’ prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (on January 11, 2002), this is perhaps a rather bleak title, given that Barack Obama has pledged to close the prison, but recent events in a U.S. District Court — largely overlooked in the mainstream media — have demonstrated how difficult it will be to deliver justice to the remaining prisoners, because of the veneer of legitimacy that covers the Bush administration’s self-declared right to seize anyone the president regards as an ‘enemy combatant’ and hold him indefinitely without charge or trial...
http://www.fff.org/comment/com0901f.asp
[ http://www.lewrockwell.com/worthington/worthington9.html ]
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=enemy+combatant
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Guantanamo
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Andy+Worthington
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=/worthington
rudkla - 13. Jan, 10:32
