Why President Obama Will Not Close Guantanamo Bay

As regular readers of Dreadnaught will recall, President Obama promised to close Guantanamo Bay within one year.  Then the president learned that it may not be so easy to close.  Congress then opposed the closing and withheld the necessary funds and limited the president’s ability to close GTMO. Now, in a recent WP article, there [...]

Guantanamo Bay Detainees To Move To Illinois

The White House sent members of the Illinois congressional delegation a memo covering a series of questions they generated in the wake of President Obama’s order for the federal government to purchase the Thomson Correctional Center in Illinois for a prison to house detainees at the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba. Thomson would be [...]

Haditha Update: LtCol Jeffrey Chessani To Retire As Lieutenant Colonel

LtCol Jeffrey Chessani, battalion commander for the Haditha Marines, is not punished.

African Albinos: Limbs Being Sold For $75,000

Albinos in Africa being killed for their limbs. The limbs from a single albino can be sold for $75,000. This in addition to witches being burned to death.

Unclear Motive?

California man pays kids to spit in his face.

Decision On Venue For Guantanamo Detainees To Be Announced

Obama administration set to announce where detainees at Guantanamo Bay will be tried.

Congress Approves Funds To Send Detainees To United States For Trial

Congress agrees to provide funding to move detainees from Guantanamo Bay to the United States for trial.

Roman Polanski Plea, Grand Jury Transcripts, And The Morality Of Chris Rock

We knew Chris Rock was a great comedian and actor, but who knew his was one of the few people in Hollywood with a moral compass?  This is what Rock had to say about Roman Polanski and his legal problems: “It’s rape.  People are defending Roman Polanski because he made some good movies? Are you [...]

One Of The FBI Most Wanted Al Qaeda Terrorist Killed In Somalia

Al Qaeda terrorist wanted by the FBI is killed in Somalia.

Military Commissions: Prosecution Seeks Third Continuance

Administration to seek 60 day delay in military commission cases, including the 9/11 case.

GTMO Update: Afghanistan Ready To Pick Up Jawad From GTMO

Here is an update from SCOTUSBLOG on U.S. v. Jawad,’ Urging a federal judge to order the immediate release of a young prisoner from Guantanamo Bay, his lawyers warned on Tuesday of a constitutional confrontation if the Obama Administration resists such an order.  In the new filing by attorneys for Mohammed Jawad, an Afghan national, [...]

Congress Limits The President’s Ability To Close Guantanamo Bay

First, the title of this post is a bit misleading.  President Obama never made a promise to close Guantanamo Bay (GTMO).  He only ordered that the detention facility, holding those captured in the GWOT be closed by January 2010.  That being said, the recent bill signed into law by the president, H.R. 2346: Supplemental Appropriations [...]

Husband And Wife Spy For Cuba

From AP, A retired State Department worker and his wife have been arrested on charges of spying for Cuba for three decades, using grocery carts among their array of tools to pass U.S. secrets to the communist government in a security breach one official described as “incredibly serious.” An indictment unsealed Friday said Walter Kendall [...]

Military Commissions: Omar Khadr Fires Military Lawyer

The latest on the military commissions being held in Guantanamo Bay, Judge Patrick Parrish, a US Army colonel, decided to publicly hear arguments in the case of Omar Khadr, who was 15 years old when he allegedly killed a US sergeant with a grenade. The case highlights the many challenges President Barack Obama faces in [...]

Jonathan Lee Riches©To Be Named Most Litigious Man By The Guinness Book Of World Records

Inmate Jonathan Lee Riches to be named most litigious man by the Guinness Book of World Records.

Guantanamo Bay Detainees May Be Held Indefinitely

From WSJ, The Obama administration is weighing plans to detain some terror suspects on U.S. soil — indefinitely and without trial — as part of a plan to retool military commission trials that were conducted for prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The proposal being floated with members of Congress is another indication of President [...]

President Obama Will Continue To Use Military Commissions For Detainees Held At Guantanamo Bay

President Obama to announce that he will continue to use military commissions to try detainees held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Fans Of The HBO Show The Wire Are About To Get A New Show

David Simon, creator of the HBO show The Wire, is filming a new show Treme, based in New Orleans.

Burning Of Witches In Africa: Video Of Accused Witches Being Murdered

Story and video of people accused of witchcraft being burnt to death in Africa

The Story Of Former USC Quarterback Todd Marinovich

Esquire article on former USC quarterback Todd Marinovich

Somali Pirates Want Revenge Not Money

Somali pirates want revenge not money after the captain of USS BAINBRIDGE was rescued.