Change to Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell could be coming.
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Change to Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell could be coming.
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The Supreme Court will not hear Kiyemba, et al. v. Obama, et al. until next term, October at the earliest.
Because the Court took no formal action on Kiyemba Monday, there was no explanation. It is possible to speculate on the reasons.
Among them could be that the Court did not want to be seen to be [...]
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President Sarkozy looks to ban the bruka in France.
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From Reuters,
Four Chinese detainees from Guantanamo Bay arrived in Bermuda on Thursday after being freed by U.S. authorities in the Obama administration’s latest move to close the controversial prison camp for terror suspects.
Their release took place the same day China repeated its demand for repatriation of all 17 members of the Uighur ethnic group held [...]
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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 Myers worked [...]
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The case of Jamal Kiyemba v. Obama, was decided on 7 April 2009 by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The court held that no court had the power to order the Uighurs to be released to live in the United States.
The case will be heard by [...]
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In a recent poll Americans say Guantanamo Bay should not be closed by a 2-1 margin.
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President Obama gives speech outlining the way forward on Guantanamo Bay and military commissions.
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In a recent study almost 25 percent of those asked blamed the Jews for the current economic crisis.
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Detainees from Guantanamo Bay will not be moved to Supermax federal prison in Colorado.
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No change to military Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy on gay servicemembers.
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From The Cable,
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton will be named a U.N. special envoy on Haiti this week, sources close to the United Nations tell The Cable.
A UN official confirmed to The Cable that there would be a formal announcement on this Tuesday.
The Clinton Foundation did not immediately respond to queries; nor did the White [...]
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President Obama will announce the continued use of military commissions for detainees held at Guantanamo Bay. But the Senate will not approve any funding that would transfer any of the detainees from Guantanamo Bay to the United States.
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President Obama to announce that he will continue to use military commissions to try detainees held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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From the NYT,
WASHINGTON — An internal Justice Department inquiry into the conduct of Bush administration lawyers who wrote secret memorandums authorizing brutal interrogations has concluded that the authors committed serious lapses of judgment but should not be criminally prosecuted, according to government officials briefed on a draft of the findings.
Dreadnaught prediction: no prosecutions.
yojoe out
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Complaining about bumper stickers is nothing new. “My child is an honor student”,”Dog is my copilot” or “Kill your television”, have all provided ample fodder for countless rants. With the aforementioned caveat, I must now launch into a bumper-sticker-related screed.
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Only a few days ago we were informed that California finally awoke to the undeniable truth that corn ethanol is not the answer, unfortunately a few years and a few billion dollar too late.
The California Environmental Protection Agency apparently has concluded that corn ethanol would not help the state implement Executive Order S-1-07. [...]
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Lawyers for the Obama administration are becoming more receptive to the use of military commissions for the prosecution of detainees held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Carbon offsets will not help with global warming.
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Story and video of people accused of witchcraft being burnt to death in Africa
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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 [...]
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