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Two Kuwaiti detainees transferred from Guantanamo Bay
US officials Thursday released two Kuwaiti men who had been held for four years at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay , Cuba, after the military announced their intended transfer over the weekend. It is currently unclear whether Omar Rajab Amin (More) |
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US military lawyers preparing charges for latest Guantanamo transferees
The chief US prosecutor for the military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, told reporters Tuesday that his office has begun preparing charge sheets for the 14 high-profile terror suspects who have been transferred from secret CIA prisons to Guant (More) |
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CIA officers seeking insurance to cover abuse allegations: WashPost
A large percentage of US Central Intelligence Agency counterterrorism officers have bought government-reimbursed private insurance plans that cover potential civil judgments and legal expenses associated with charges of criminal wrongdoing, accord (More) |
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Two more Kuwaitis set for release from Guantanamo
Two Kuwaiti nationals held for four years in the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay , Cuba, are set to be sent home to stand trial, the head of the Kuwaiti Family Committee , a group lobbying for the release of Kuwaiti detainees, said Sunday. The (More) |
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UN rights chief calls for US to close secret prisons
President Bush's announcement that 14 terrorism suspects have been transferred from secret CIA prisons to Guantanamo Bay is "significant" but not sufficient, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said through a spokesma (More) |
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Rice, Cheney feuded over secret CIA prisons: WashPost
President Bush's recent acknowledgement of secret CIA prisons for important terror detainees was motivated by the personal urgings of UK Prime Minister Tony Blair to release all British prisoners, and from pleas to close the sites from other US (More) |
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Rights groups call for more details on secret CIA prisons
Rights activists on Thursday called for more information from the US government regarding secret CIA prisons where high-value terror suspects have been detained, saying that though US President George Bush's acknowledgement Wednesday of the pri (More) |
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Bush confirms existence of secret CIA prisons for high-value terror detainees
US President Bush on Wednesday acknowledged that the US Central Intelligence Agency has operated secret prisons outside the US where high-value terror suspects were detained, and said that 14 of those suspects have now been transferred to the De (More) |
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Navy lawyer charged with leaking secret Guantanamo Bay detainee names list
A staff attorney with the US Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps was charged Tuesday with relaying secret national defense information to a person outside the government "with intent or reason to believe that the said information was to be (More) |
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Five Guantanamo detainees transferred to Afghanistan
The US Department of Defense announced Saturday that it has transferred to Afghanistan five detainees formerly held as enemy combatants in Guantanamo Bay . It is unclear where these detainees are from and why they were selected for transfer. More (More) |
John Marshall declared federal judicial supremacy over states
On February 20, 1809, US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall ruled in United States v. Peters that the legal power of the federal judiciary is greater than that of any individual state: "If the legislatures of the several states may, at will, annul the judgments of the courts of the United States, and destroy rights acquired under those judgments, the constitution itself becomes a solemn mockery; and the nation is deprived of the means of enforcing its laws by the instrumentality of its own tribunals."
