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UK reiterates willingness to consider US request to accept Guantanamo detainees
UK Justice Minister Jack Straw said Monday that his country would still be willing to consider a US request to take in terrorism detainees held by at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, if doing so would aid in the closure of the facility. Speak (More) |
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Senate judiciary chair Leahy again calls for 'truth commission' to review Bush policies
Chairman of the US Senate Judiciary Committee Patrick Leahy (D-VT) [official profile; JURIST news archive] reiterated his calls for a non-partisan truth commission to investigate Bush administration officials responsible for authorizing certain int (More) |
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US pledges to review files of Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainees: Kuwait minister
Kuwait's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement Sunday that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has promised that the US will review the files of four Kuwaiti detainees at Guantanamo Bay . Kuwaiti Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh (More) |
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US to take in up to 7 Uighur detainees: report
The US is planning on accepting into the country [Los Angeles Times report] up to seven Chinese Uighur Muslims currently being held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, according to the Los Angeles Times Saturday. Last month, Attorney General E (More) |
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DC Circuit again rejects suit by former UK Guantanamo detainees
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit rejected Friday a lawsuit by four UK citizens and former Guantanamo Bay detainees against former US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other military officials. The court's (More) |
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Spain court assigns new judge to probe US officials who backed Guantanamo
A Spanish court assigned a new judge Thursday to decide whether to prosecute members of the Bush administration behind the establishment of the Guantanamo Bay detention center, a court spokesperson told CNN . Eloy Velasco will replace Baltasar Garz (More) |
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Holder denies interrogation memos release was selective
US Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday testified in front of a House Appropriations subcommittee that he is willing to release as much information as possible in regards to interrogation techniques used on Guantanamo Bay detainees. Holder s (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee lawsuit claims torture prior to authorization of techniques
The lawyer for Guantanamo Bay detainee Rafik Alhami filed suit Thursday in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey alleging that Alhami was tortured before the Bush administration approved of the techniques. The suit claims [Star-Le (More) |
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Canada court orders PM to request repatriation of Guantanamo detainee Khadr
A Canadian Federal Court ruled Thursday that Prime Minister Stephen Harper must advocate for the repatriation of Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive]. Khadr claims that the Canadian government's refusal to reques (More) |
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Federal judge adopts Obama administration standard for holding Guantanamo detainees
A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday adopted a new standard for authorizing and reviewing the detention of terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay proffered by the Department of Justice (DOJ) last month. The DO (More) |
Watergate burglars arrested for DNC break-in
On June 17, 1972, James McCord, security director of President Richard Nixon's re-election committee, and four Cuban-Americans are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, DC.
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