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4 hrs ago | The Miami Herald

Judge sets Guant namo hearings for Ramadan, 9/11 anniversary

Judge grappling with attorney conflicts postpones the next Sept. 11 pre-trial hearing at Camp Justice for a Wednesday to Sunday in August, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, US Military Prisons, Cuba, World News, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison

6 hrs ago | Common Dreams

Will Americans Speak Out Against Obama's Drone Warfare?

On May 29, The New York Times published an extraordinarily in-depth look at the intimate role President Obama has played in authorizing US drone attacks overseas, particularly in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.

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Related Topix: Terrorism, US Military Prisons, Cuba, World News, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US News, Liberal Political News

Tue May 29, 2012

24 Hours

Khadr is a danger, U.S. doctor says

Welner has spent hours interviewing Toronto-born Khadr, guards at the American prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; as well as doctors and nurses who have treated Khadr.

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The Miami Herald

Sen. Marco Rubio makes first visit to Cuba - touring Guantánamo campl

Sen. Marco Rubio is visiting the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba to tour the facility.

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The Hill

Sen. Rubio to visit Guantanamo

Sen. Marco Rubio is making his first trip to Cuba on Tuesday to tour the U.S. base and prison at Guantanamo Bay.

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Common Dreams

Obama Personally Oversees 'Secret Kill List': NYT

President Obama, who ran for the nation's highest office on a promise to close Guantanamo and end the war in Iraq, has now become a president who personally oversees a covert assassination program that allows a small group of top US officials to monitor, select, and mark for death those it alone deems a threat to national security.

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Related Topix: Cuba, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US Military Prisons, World News, Publishing, Media, New Times, US News, US Senate, Republican, Saxby Chambliss, US Politics, Terrorism

Mon May 28, 2012

The Las Vegas Sun

Obama, Bush testimony sought in 9/11 case at Gitmo

Defense lawyers in the Sept. 11 case at Guantanamo are seeking the testimony of former President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama in a motion to dismiss charges, according to a legal motion released Wednesday.

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Sat May 26, 2012

The Raw Story

Photo of 9/11 mastermind manipulated: Pentagon

A photograph of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-confessed architect of the 9/11 attacks, that has recently circulated on the Internet has been digitally manipulated, Pentagon officials said Friday.

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Fri May 25, 2012

USA Today

Were photos of 9/11 chief spirited from Gitmo?

New photographs of Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other terror detainees posted today on a jihadist website may have been taken illegally in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and smuggled out, NBC News is reporting .

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Thu May 24, 2012

Salon

Memorial for America's conscience

In this Oct. 9, 2007 file photo US military personnel inspect each occupied cell on a two-minute cycle at Camp 5 maximum-security facility on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba.

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The Miami Herald

Prosecutors urge Guantánamo judge not to split up 9/11 trial

The war court prosecutor says early pre-trial scheduling conflicts don't necessitate splitting up the trial of five men accused of orchestrating the Sept.

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MSNBC

New photos of alleged 9-11 plotter leaked from 'Gitmo'?

Investigative reporting by msnbc.com and NBC News, with your story ideas and documents.

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Wed May 23, 2012

Star Tribune

Obama, Bush testimony sought in 9/11 case at Gitmo

Defense lawyers in the Sept. 11 case at Guantanamo are seeking the testimony of former President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama in a motion to dismiss charges, according to a legal motion released Wednesday.

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Sun May 20, 2012

WHIO

Monday, May 28

Armenia joins the Soviet Union in 1922. 1937 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt pushes a button in Washington signaling that vehicular traffic could cross the just-opened Golden Gate Bridge in California.

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Fri May 18, 2012

WHBF-TV Rock Island

Judge weighs multiple Guantanamo 9/11 trials

Quebec's provincial government passed an emergency law Friday that sets restrictions on demonstrations and shuts some universities as the government seeks to end three months of demonstrations against tuition hikes.

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Reuters

Judge might split Guantanamo trial of 9/11 suspects

A U.S. military judge is considering splitting up the trial of five Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the September 11 attacks because of conflicts in scheduling and strategy, lawyers in the case said on Friday.

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Star Tribune

Judge in 9/11 case at Guantanamo considers splitting up defendants

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A military judge is considering whether to hold more than one trial for the five Guantanamo prisoners charged in the Sept.

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Wed May 16, 2012

CBS News

Abu Zubaydah begs Guantanamo prosecutors to charge him

NEW YORK - The al Qaeda operative known as Abu Zubaydah, the longest-held "high value" detainee currently incarcerated at the U.S. military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is asking the government to please bring charges against him.

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WTAQ-AM Green Bay

Guantanamo lawyers want ex-CIA official to ...

Defense lawyers want to force a former CIA official who supervised what they called torture of al Qaeda captives to testify in the war crimes tribunal for five Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the September 11 attacks.

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Tue May 15, 2012

WTOP-FM Washington

US officials sought for Guantanamo Sept. 11 trial

Defense lawyers in the Sept. 11 case at Guantanamo are asking a military judge to order testimony from senior U.S. government officials in a motion to dismiss charges.

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