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Get KSM a lawyer
Ben Davis : "I have been greatly troubled reading the censored transcript of the hearing of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed before the Combat Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) - antechamber to the Military Commissions created under the Military Commissions A (More) |
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Senators say US must probe claims that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was tortured
US senators Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) , both of whom watched last weekend's Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) hearing at Guantanamo Bay for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , insisted in a joint statement Friday that his cl (More) |
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed claims Pearl execution in revised Gitmo transcript
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed testified Saturday at a military status hearing at Guantanamo Bay that he personally "decapitated with my blessed right hand the head of the American Jew, Daniel Pearl, in Karachi," according to a statement initial (More) |
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed admits planning 9/11 at Guantanamo hearing
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , long thought to be the strategist behind the Sept.11, 2001 attacks, confessed to masterminding the 9/11 attacks during a hearing Saturday at Guantanamo Bay , according to a transcript released by the US Defense Department (More) |
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Guantanamo tribunals begin top terror suspect reviews in closed-door sessions
US military hearings on whether 14 top terror suspects formerly held in CIA secret prisons qualify as "enemy combatants" began Friday at Guantanamo Bay . Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRTs) will determine the status of Abu Zubayd (More) |
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HRW challenges Bush to account for missing CIA 'ghost prisoners'
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Tuesday called on US President George W. Bush in a public letter to account for so-called "ghost prisoners" whose whereabouts and identities have been kept secret since September when Bush acknowledged the exist (More) |
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US rejects latest UK call to close Guantanamo Bay
The US State Department has rejected Britain's latest call for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention center, saying the prison would remain open as long as necessary and was needed to house "some very dangerous people." UK Forei (More) |
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Europe CIA prisons investigator intends to visit Guantanamo
Dick Marty , the Swiss parliamentarian who has been leading the Council of Europe probe into CIA terror secret prisons and renditions in Europe , announced Tuesday that he intends to accompany UN Special rapporteur on torture Manfred Nowak in a vi (More) |
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House Judiciary Committee approves military commissions bill after killing it
The US House Judiciary Committee approved the Military Commissions Act Wednesday 20-19, but only after its Republican leadership harnessed enough votes to overcome an initial 20-17 vote that would have killed the legislation. Key Republican member (More) |
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'High-value' Guantanamo detainees to face military hearings
The 14 "high-value" terror suspects recently transferred from secret CIA prisons to Guantanamo Bay are expected to face Combatant Status Review Tribunal hearings in the next two to three months, according to Navy Capt. Phil Waddingham, (More) |
Starr Report accused Clinton of impeachable offenses
On September 9, 1998, Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr filed a report to Congress accusing President Bill Clinton of 11 impeachable offenses relating to his association with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
