Time (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
A last-minute plea deal could halt the first war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay on Monday, but military lawyers and observers say that appears extremely unlikely at this late stage
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Interrogation techniques used at Guantanamo Bay were based on Chinese communist methods which obtained false confessions from captured US pilots in the Korean War.
Masson's Blog (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
I’ve mentioned it before, and I will certainly mention it again, the Knight Ridder team, since acquired by McClatchy Newspapers practiced some stand-up journalism with respect to Iraq, asked some tough questions, and did not fall for the ginned up case for war in Iraq as most other news institutions did. (See generally: The Reporting [...]
Time (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
Medical examinations of former terrorism suspects held by the U.S. military at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, found evidence of torture and other abuse
Time (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Article Tools (WASHINGTON) — Military psychologists were enlisted to help develop more aggressive interrogation methods, including snarling dogs, forced nudity and long periods of standing, against terrorism suspects, according to a Senate investigation. Related Articles Military interrogators often have to play mind games with their Iraqi and Afghan prisoners in an eff... Mohammed al-Qahtani,...
Jesurgislac's Journal (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
... oubliette in the US’s gulag archipelago: there are other prison camps round the world, especially in Afghanistan and Iraq (over 24 thousand prisoners held without due process, including at least 513 children who have been classed as “imperative threats to security”). (Nevertheless, if you’re a UK citizen, please sign the petition to close Guantanamo Bay . What we can do is worth doing.) (And all...
The Indypendent (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
The MCA created kangaroo courts that deny access to counsel; deny the right to see and cross-examine witnesses, that permit evidence obtained by torture if the government deems it reliable, and worst of all, don’t provide for the release from detention even if you prove you are not an enemy combatant.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
In his first public appearance since he was seized in his pyjamas five years ago, the self-described mastermind of the September 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, told a military court in Guantanamo Bay yesterday that he would welcome the death penalty.
Alternet (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Like alcoholics queuing up drinks at closing time, the Bush administration is pressing charges against prisoners at Guantánamo at a frantic rate, anxious to be seen to be validating the chronic lawlessness of the last seven years before November's Presidential election.At the end of last week, four more prisoners were put forward for trial by Military Commission (the show trials conceived by Dick Cheney...
