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First Kuwaiti detainee freed from Guantanamo
The first Kuwaiti to be freed from the US terror suspect detention camp at Guantanamo Bay arrived home in Kuwait Sunday, where he was taken into custody for questioning. Nasser al-Mutairi , a 28-year old former employee of the Kuwait Ministry of Ed (More) |
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Ridge: US shouldn't rule out using torture
Outgoing Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge , in an interview with BBC News airing Friday, said that the US does not condone the use of torture to extract information from terrorists, but added that "under an extreme set of circumstances, (More) |
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Ex-Guantanamo translator enters guilty plea
A former civilian Arabic translator at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp pleaded guilty Monday to charges of mishandling classified information and lying to investigators. Ahmed Fathy Mehalba, a naturalized US citizen of Egyptian origin, has been (More) |
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BREAKING NEWS ~ US to free last four UK Gitmo prisoners
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has announced in the House of Commons that the last four Britons held by the US at the terror suspect detention camp at Guantanamo Bay will be released in a few weeks. UK Attorney General Lord Goldsmith talked (More) |
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Many Gitmo prisoners to be released as terror camp develops permanent look
According to a senior US defense official, the US will be transfering or releasing "a significant proportion" of the 549 prisoners from the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The change is taking place to accommodate new permanent co (More) |
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Australian Gitmo detainee says US transfered him to Egypt for torture
Military lawyers for an Australian detainee held at Guantanamo Bay Cuba have said in court papers that their client, originally detained by the US in Pakistan in the wake of the September 11 terror attacks, was later tranfered to US authorities in E (More) |
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D'Amato [Northwestern]: Protecting the President from prosecution
Anthony D'Amato, Northwestern University Law School:"Although the N.Y. Times and Washington Post have been admirably accurate in reporting the standard legal issues, they have overlooked the single most telling point in the debate about Gon (More) |
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FOIA FBI records on prisoner abuses in Guantanamo [ACLU]
Log of (and links to) FBI records obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request for documents concerning the treatment and interrogation of detainees in United States custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, (More) |
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More FBI documents question Gitmo interrogation techniques
FBI documents released Wednesday by the ACLU following a Freedom of Information Act request show repeated FBI concern over and disapproval of military interrogation techniques at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but also indicate that FBI investigation of the (More) |
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Gonzales speaks no evil: no mention of torture, Guantanamo, or Geneva Conventions in Senate statement draft
A draft of Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales' prepared statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee intended for delivery at his confirmation hearing Thursday and obtained late Wednesday notably makes no mention of torture, prisoners, det (More) |
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.
Pay a virtual visit to The King Center in Atlanta.
