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“It was difficult to tell agents what the rules were because we didn't know ourselves”

A new Justice Department report praises FBI agents for refusing to join in the U.S. military's abusive questioning of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, Iraq and Afghanistan, but faults the bureau's for responding ... via News-Times

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A military judge wants to hear from the Supreme Court before starting the first war crimes tribunal at the Guantanamo Bay prison.

The judge hearing the case against Osama bin Laden's former driver ruled Friday that the trial should be postponed six weeks, to July 14.

Navy Capt. Keith Allred said he wants to wait until the Supreme Court rules on whether Guantanamo detainees have a right to challenge their detention in U.S. civil courts.

Allred says the Supreme Court decision is expected by June 30 and could affect the case. Read more

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“We are going to ask you to open up your communities to us”

The U.S. is its own worst enemy when it comes to the desperately important task of recruiting immigrants as spies, analysts and translators in the war on terror, new Americans are telling intelligence ... via Post-Standard

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Yes, she'll fight like a junkyard dog What do Yucca Mountain and Guantanamo Bay have in common? Well, there's the obvious stuff. via Hugh Hewitt

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“As of April 2008, US forces held approximately 500 juveniles”

Around 500 minors are currently detained by the US army in Iraq, as well as nearly a dozen juveniles in Afghanistan, a US civil liberties group revealed on Wednesday. via Raw Story

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“These two (gigs) are important to the band. There are folks in uniform all over the world, and at home, looking out for us. "To play for them is an honor. Not a bad way to spend the holiday weekends.”

Daily Entertainment Photos - "Get all the fashion, glamour and scandal here in pictures!" Rockers Everclear are to perform for 6,000 U.S. troops and their families at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba on Memorial Day. via X101.5

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“Important to remember that heritage can invite anyone to present and that we don't really have an opinion on anyone”

It's been nearly a month since the New York Times first reported on a Pentagon program in which retired military officers, who've since become lobbyists or consultants for military contractors, were recruited ... via The Carpetbagger Report

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“We are slipping down the slope of going down that same route.”

Canada and the United States have sunk to the moral equivalent of terrorists in their handling of a young Canadian held at Guantanamo, Liberal Senator Romeo Dallaire said Tuesday. via CANOE

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The suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks is cooperating with his defense -an apparent break with other Guantanamo prisoners who are boycotting their war-crimes trials. via International Business Times

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“If anything, based on the testimony that's been put out there, he stepped over the line even further than when Mr. Hamdan was involved.”

A military judge's ruling that a Pentagon lawyer improperly pressured prosecutors could hurt efforts to try top al Qaeda suspects held at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, a defense lawyer said Monday. via SI.com

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