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This past week, the Obama administration urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit over its plan to assassinate a U.S. citizen overseas, saying that the case would reveal state secrets.This past week, the Obama administration urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit... more
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An attorney for Canadian prisoner Omar Khadr expressed outrage this week over a ruling by a U.S. military judge allowing Khadr's confessions to interrogators to be used as evidence against him in his murder and terrorism conspiracy trial at Guantanamo.An attorney for Canadian prisoner Omar Khadr expressed outrage this week over a ruling... more
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Ten U.S. citizens or lawful residents are suing the government for placing them on the "no-fly" list without notice or due process and then giving them no way to get their names off the list.Ten U.S. citizens or lawful residents are suing the government for placing them on the... more
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A coalition of major news organizations is challenging as unconstitutional Pentagon rules that were used in May to ban four reporters from covering military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.A coalition of major news organizations is challenging as unconstitutional Pentagon... more
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The US is facing fresh questions over its role in a deadly attack in late 2009 on an alleged Al-Qaida camp in Yemen. A rights group has published what it says is new evidence of US involvement in the strike. 55 people, including 14 women and 21 children, died in the attack, which also killed 14 alleged al-Qaida members.The US is facing fresh questions over its role in a deadly attack in late 2009 on an... more
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The American Bar Association, the American Civil Liberties Union, and numerous other legal organizations are demanding that the Senate Armed Services Committee reject a provision in a House of Representatives bill that would mandate an investigation into lawyers representing Guantanamo Bay detainees.The American Bar Association, the American Civil Liberties Union, and numerous other... more
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An air strike in Yemen supposedly targeting al-Qaida missed its mark and killed a mediator and his relatives, prompting members of his tribe to blow up an oil pipeline in clashes that followed.An air strike in Yemen supposedly targeting al-Qaida missed its mark and killed a... more
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U.S. military officials and documents have revealed that the top American commander in the Middle East has ordered a broad expansion of covert military activity in an effort to disrupt militant groups or counter threats in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and other countries in the region.U.S. military officials and documents have revealed that the top American commander in... more
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is questioning the silence of public officials and national media about a recent bomb attack on a Florida mosque.
CAIR, which has offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator, says media coverage has for the most part been restricted to Florida and that there have been no public condemnations of the bombing at the national level.The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is questioning the silence of public... more
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A Spanish prosecutor has asked a judge there to authorize the arrest of 13 CIA agents for their alleged role in the Bush administration's extraordinary rendition program. The agents are accused of participating in the rendition of Khaled El-Masri, a German citizen who was kidnapped in 2003 and flown to a CIA-run "black site" in Afghanistan, where he was secretly detained and tortured for months before being abandoned on a hillside in Albania. He was never charged with a crime.A Spanish prosecutor has asked a judge there to authorize the arrest of 13 CIA agents... more
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A former interrogator at the US prison in Bagram, Afghanistan said in court testimony that he and other interrogators would terrify detainees into confessing by threatening them with dying from multiple gang rape "by four big black guys" who would catch little Afghan boys in the shower of a U.S. prison.A former interrogator at the US prison in Bagram, Afghanistan said in court testimony... more
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