Former White House lawyers John Yoo and Jay Bybee were cleared of allegations of wrongdoing in relation to their memos asserting the legality of “enhanced interrogation.”
Canada’s Supreme Court ruled that the treatment of Canadian Gitmo detainee Omar Khadr violated his rights, but the government does not have to press for his return to Canada.
US Ambassador for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp said that no US president is likely to present the Rome Statute to the US Senate for ratification in the “foreseeable future.”
The US Department of Justice announced that an Uzbek Guantánamo Bay detainee has been transferred to Switzerland. The detainee’s identity will not be disclosed.
The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by former Panamanian military ruler Manuel Noriega challenging a lower court ruling denying his habeas corpus petition.
An Obama advisor suggests “cognitive infiltration” to combat conspiracy theory—thereby setting up rationalists to be baited as agents. Gee, thanks!
The American Civil Liberties Union criticized a US Justice Department recommendation that 47 Guantánamo Bay inmates should be held indefinitely without trial.
The US Justice Department announced the transfer of two Guantánamo Bay detainees to Algeria, bringing the total number of Algerians released from the military prison to 19.
World War 4 Report offers an annotated assessment of Obama’s moves in dismantling, continuing or escalating the oppressive apparatus of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT).
UK-based rights group Reprieve issued a statement suggesting the Obama administration has suppressed information on the investigation of three Guantánamo Bay suicides.
The federal trial of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman with alleged ties to al-Qaeda, began in New York. Siddiqui denies the charges and says she was tortured at Bagram air base.
The US Department of Justice announced that four men have been charged in connection with the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and an attempted attack on a Danish newspaper.
