March 19, 2010 | Posted by Ryan Anderson
This morning the Wall Street Journal reports that the White House is close to giving-in to the baseless attacks of his right-wing critics and giving-up on the Constitution and the rule of law. In exchange for Sen. Lindsey Graham's support in closing Gitmo, President Obama would put KSM and other top terror suspects before Bush-era military commissions, while nearly 50 unnamed prisoners would be kept in legal limbo, held without charge or trial indefinitely. ACT NOW TO TELL THE PRESIDENT "NO DEAL" Read More »
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March 18, 2010 | Posted by Danielle Belton
Liz Cheney's Keep America Safe, came out -- not surprisingly -- criticizing Attorney General Eric Holder's statements about criminal trials and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. In their efforts to attack the attorney general what got lost in the argument was how New Yorkers and several others have been waiting nine years for justice for the attacks on Sept. 11. Justice that is best served in our criminal courts. Read More »
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March 17, 2010 | Posted by Danielle Belton
It's been widely reporter that White House Chief-of-Staff Rahm Emanuel is seeking a political compromise on Guantanamo Bay that could possibly leave in place the unconstitutional practices of detention without charge or trial, but there was a time when Emanuel was against indefinite detention. The year was 2007. What changed? To contrast, Attorney General Eric Holder is under fire for an amicus brief he was part of in 2004 questioning then President Bush's ability to hold people without charge. Today Holder is still pushing for charges and trials for terrorism suspects. Read More »
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March 16, 2010 | Posted by Danielle Belton
Human Rights First's Daphne Eviatar recently published a story on Huffington Post calling out Sen. Lindsey Graham for his lack of credibility when it comes to Guantanamo Bay and the business with trials for detainees. Every action he has backed has either been compromised badly or was an abject failure. Read More »
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March 15, 2010 | Posted by Danielle Belton
While the White House contemplates compromising principle by negotiating with Sen. Lindsey Graham to close the prison at Guantanamo, Republicans are being loud and direct in how they really feel about ANY deal for closing the prison -- they're against it. House Minority Leader John Boehner told CNN over the weekend that he wouldn't vote to close Gitmo "if you put a gun to my head." Watch the video here. Read More »
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March 12, 2010 | Posted by Danielle Belton
A look at what's being said -- and who's saying it -- about closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay and civilian trials for detainees. Read More »
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March 10, 2010 | Posted by Danielle Belton
Sen. Lindsey Graham is proposing that the Department of Homeland Security take over the cases of detainees who've been slated for release. Not to free them, mind you. But to put them in a different jail from Gitmo. This is just among the many bad ideas Graham has about Gitmo in his effort to play "Let's Make A Deal" with the White House. But what makes any deal with Graham even LESS worth it is that Graham doesn't have the support to get the right wing of his party to vote for ANY compromise on Gitmo. They want it open -- forever. Graham's compromise keeps all the worst parts about Gitmo and Republicans STILL aren't happy, so why is the White House even bothering? Read More »
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March 09, 2010 | Posted by Danielle Belton
Right now Sens. John McCain and Joe Lieberman are floating a bill that would allow for American citizens to be detained without charge. Sure it's unconstitutional, an affront to our values and an invasion of government into our lives -- something conservatives always claim to be against -- but that's never stopped them before. Read More »
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