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  • Deal near for Guantanamo closure, trials: report (19 Mar 2010 08:26)

    ... deal with US lawmakers to close the Guantanamo Bay prison by putting more detainees on ... report said Friday. plotters and other key terrorism suspects in a sharp reversal of The ... once stood. But returning to the military tribunal system would raise many questions. Human rights ...

  • Feds buying Thomson prison regardless of use (19 Mar 2010 09:22)

    ... Thomson, Ill., regardless of whether Congress allows terrorist suspects to be transferred there, a Department of Justice official said today. In a letter to ... for detainees at the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. At the very least, Weich ...

  • Deal near on closure of Gitmo prison (19 Mar 2010 13:35)

    ... bipartisan deal with Congress to close the Guantanamo Bay prison by putting more detainees on ... alleged September 11 plotters and other key terrorism suspects in a sharp reversal of White ... serious' stage.'' But returning to the military tribunal system would raise many questions. Human rights ...

  • Feds still plan to buy Illinois prison even if Guantanamo detainee transfers aren't approved (19 Mar 2010 00:16)

    ... plan to buy Illinois prison even if Guantanamo detainee transfers aren't approved CHICAGO (AP) — ... Bay detainees. A Thursday letter from the Justice Department to Republican Congressman Don Manzullo says ... in Cuba. Copyright 2010 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, ...

  • Sweetening health care bill...Jihad Jane cooperated?...US wants to buy Ill. prison (19 Mar 2010 01:02)

    ... Republican congressman Charles Dent says the U.S. terrorism suspect known as "Jihad Jane" cooperated with ... even if it's not used to hold Guantanamo Bay detainees. But in a letter to ... letter to Republican Congressman Don Manzullo, the Justice Department gives no indication the administration is ...

  • Feds still plan to buy Illinois prison (19 Mar 2010 12:23)

    ... if the facility isn't used to hold terrorism suspects. Weich sent a letter to members ... house detainees from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but lawmakers must approve the plan. The Justice Department has asked for $237 million in ...

  • Feds to buy Thomson prison (19 Mar 2010 05:57)

    ... administration wants to buy a nearly vacant prison in northwestern Illinois even if Guantanamo Bay detainees aren't transferred there. The Department ... detainees aren't transferred there. The Department of Justice official spelled out the administration's plan in ...

  • Feds going ahead with plans to buy Illinois prison (19 Mar 2010 11:04)

    ... Thomson, Ill., regardless of whether Congress allows terrorism suspects to be transferred there from the ... transferred there from the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a Justice Department official said yesterday. In a letter ...

  • Pentagon deems Wikileaks a national security threat (19 Mar 2010 13:24)

    ... be used by foreign intelligence, insurgents or terrorists for "planning attacks", the report added. Its ... copy of "standard operating procedures" at the Guantánamo Bay detention centre which purportedly revealed the ... the use of "extreme psychological stress" on detainees. The website, which relies on donations, almost ...

  • National Briefing | Midwest: Illinois: U.S. Wants to Buy Prison (19 Mar 2010 08:35)

    ... administration wants to buy a nearly vacant prison in northwestern Illinois even if detainees are not transferred there, a spokesman for ... succeeds in his effort to close the Guantánamo Bay prison. A version of this brief ...

  • Chinese report documents human rights disaster in the United States (19 Mar 2010 06:47)

    ... Chinese report documents human rights disaster in the United States On March ... any other country. An estimated 60,000 prisoners were raped while in custody last year. ... torture of prisoners in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, the worldwide US network of military ...

  • WSJ: Graham-Emanuel GTMO-for-KSM Deal Reaches 'Getting-Serious Stage' (19 Mar 2010 14:19)

    ... exchange for closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. The Journal reports that Graham has ... facility down and moving it to Thomson prison in Illinois, where that prison will host… ... shut out of this deal is the Justice Department, which, you know, might have some ...

  • Unintended consequences of compromise (19 Mar 2010 03:35)

    ... McCain's closest allies, offered to swap closing Guantanamo Bay in return for trying one of ... Congress will take over control of prosecuting terrorists. It turns out that the Uniform Code of Military Justice is the province of Congress. So, if ...

  • Paul A. Ibbetson Protection and reward: the case of 1st Lieutenant Michael Behenna (19 Mar 2010 12:59)

    ... for the alleged murder of suspected Al Qaeda operative Ali Mansur in Iraq is a ... in which Barack Obama wanted to house terrorist detainees from Guantanamo Bay) for almost a year and I ...

  • Obama administration spells out intent in letter. (19 Mar 2010 04:50)

    ... Thomson, Ill., regardless of whether Congress allows terrorism suspects to be transferred there, a Justice Department official said Thursday. In a letter ... for detainees at the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. At the least, Weich said, ...

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