The US Department of Defense has officially referred charges against Guantánamo Bay detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, who is accused of having planned the 2000 attack on the USS Cole that left 17 sailors dead and 37 others injured.
US-born purported al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki was killed in a drone strike in the Yemeni province of Jawf. The American Civil Liberties Union said the killing was part of a US counter-terrorism program that “violates both US and international law.”
Will the 9-11 “Truthers” give any honest reaction to al-Qaeda’s statement telling Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to stop trying to deprive the terror network of the glory by blaming the attacks on the US government? We’re waiting, guys…
The Obama administration is considering trying Ali Mussa Daqduq, the former leader of Hezbollah who was captured in Iraq, in a military commission on US soil, according to anonymous counter-terrorism officials.
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a 17-year term was not enough for Jose Padilla, convicted on terrorism charges, ordering a new sentence. Padilla himself is suing the US, saying he was illegally detained for over three years on a military base.
Tunisia announced its intention to plead for the return of its remaining citizens being held at Guantánamo Bay. Rights groups say that the fall of the Ben Ali dictatorship means the detainees will no longer be at risk if they are transferred to Tunisia.
The US Court of Military Commission Review rule that Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al-Bahlul, media secretary of Osama bin Laden, was properly convicted of being a propagandist and should spend the rest of this life in prison.
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed the 2010 denial of habeas corpus for Guantánamo detainee Shawali Khan, an accused member of Gulbuddin Khan’s Hezb-Islami insurgent group in Afghanistan.
A New York judge dismissed a suit seeking to force an investigation of New York-licensed Guantánamo Bay psychologist Dr. John Leso for his development of “interrogation techniques” used at the prison camp.
Convicted Abu Ghraib torture ringleader Spc. Charles Graner was released early from Fort Leavenworth, as the Justice Department has opened an investigation into the apparent torture-death of an Abu Ghraib detainee at the hands of the CIA.
The hacker group Anonymous has called a boycott of PayPal over its refusal to facilitate donations to WikiLeaks. While we demand answers on WikiLeaks’ apparent collaboration with the Belarus dictatorship, the boycott may still have merit. What do you think?
The US is violating UN laws governing torture investigations by insisting on monitoring conversations with imprisoned army private Bradley Manning, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan Mendez charges.
