Guantanamo and the courts
Part 1
Future of Freedom Foundation
by Andy Worthington
07/14/09
In recent months, those who have been studying Guantanamo closely have come to the disturbing conclusion that the biggest obstacle to President Obama’s pledge to close Guantanamo by January 2010 comes not from the fear-mongering and opportunistic politicians who recently voted to prohibit the use of any funds to release or to transfer prisoners to the United States, and who also authorized legislation that ‘requires the President to report periodically to Congress on the status of Guantanamo Bay detainees and plans for their transfer,’ but from the administration’s own Justice Department...
http://www.fff.org/comment/com0907d.asp
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=DoJ
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Guantanamo
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=detainee
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Andy+Worthington
Future of Freedom Foundation
by Andy Worthington
07/14/09
In recent months, those who have been studying Guantanamo closely have come to the disturbing conclusion that the biggest obstacle to President Obama’s pledge to close Guantanamo by January 2010 comes not from the fear-mongering and opportunistic politicians who recently voted to prohibit the use of any funds to release or to transfer prisoners to the United States, and who also authorized legislation that ‘requires the President to report periodically to Congress on the status of Guantanamo Bay detainees and plans for their transfer,’ but from the administration’s own Justice Department...
http://www.fff.org/comment/com0907d.asp
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=DoJ
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Guantanamo
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=detainee
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Andy+Worthington
rudkla - 15. Jul, 09:45
