Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Marjorie Cohn on Obama's Capitulation & Why it won't serve the US

Obama’s Guantánamo Appeasement Plan

Two days after his inauguration, President Obama pledged to close Guantánamo within one year. The Republicans, led by Senators John McCain, Mitch McConnell and Pat Roberts, immediately launched a concerted campaign to assail the new president. They claimed his plan would release dangerous terrorists into U.S. communities and allow released terrorists to resume fighting against our troops. Fox News agitator Sean Hannity and Bush team players like torture-memo lawyer John Yoo filled the airwaves and print media with paranoia...

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May 26, 2009, Editorial, Washington DC Examiner, President Obama following Bush lead on key terrorism issues

May 26, 2009, Carrie Johnson, Washington Post, Showdown Looming On 'State Secrets'

May 26, 2009, William Petroski, Des Moines (IA) Register, Intelligence centers' growth concerns civil libertarians

May 26, 2009, Tony Norman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 'Mancow' knows: Waterboarding is torture

May 26, 2009, Edward Cody, Washington Post, Ex-Detainee Describes Struggle for Exoneration

May 24, 2009, Richard A. Oppel, Jr., New York Times, U.S. Captain Hears Pleas for Afghan Detainee

May 24, 2009, United Press International, Taliban detainee claims abusive treatment

May 24, 2009, Jim Mannion, Agence France-Presse, Military chiefs back Obama on Guantanamo

May 22, 2009, Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, U.S. judge warns Justice Dept.

May 22, 2009, ACLU, Intelligence Community Raises Its Standards for Information Collection

May 22, 2009, Jeremy R. Hammond, Foreign Policy Journal, What Obama Isn't Going to Change About Military Commissions

May 22, 2009, Robert Creamer, Huffington Post, Transferring Some Guantanamo Detainees to the U.S. Will Actually Make America Safer

May 22, 2009, Los Angeles Times, Obama vs. Cheney: Contrasting views on the war on terrorism

May 22, 2009, Stephen Lendman, Centre for Research on Globalization (Canada), Internet Threatened by Censorship, Secret Surveillance, and Cybersecurity Laws

May 22, 2009, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Facts and myths about Obama's preventive detention proposal

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