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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: USS Cole

USS Cole stories: 8 news summaries

(Newser) - A report long suppressed by Bush administration officials set to be released next week says the CIA used mock executions as part of post-9/11 interrogations, Newsweek reports—though federal law prohibits threatening prisoners with “imminent death,” and the practice wasn’t authorized by the Justice Department, unlike other... More »

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Bush administration • CIA • torture • Department of Justice • execution • Michael Hayden • interrogation • waterboarding • Porter Goss • USS Cole • report • enhanced interrogation techniques • morale • mock executions

 Obama Meets With 9/11 Families 

President moves to reassure families over his plans for terror suspects

Feb 7, 09 5:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama met yesterday with people who lost relatives in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and the bombing of the USS Cole in an effort to reassure them about his plans for detained al-Qaeda suspects, McClatchy Newspapers reports. The president hugged some of the 40 attendees at the highly emotional... More »

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Barack Obama • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda • USS Cole • 9/11 attacks • Abd al Rahim al-Nashiri • Obama administration • Guantanamo tribunals • President Obama

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US Drops Charges Against Cole Suspect

Obama meets families of victims, including 9/11, tomorrow

Feb 5, 09 7:42 PM CST
(Newser) - The US withdrew charges—at least temporarily—against the main suspect in the 2000 USS Cole bombing tonight, ABC News reports. They could be reinstated once the Obama administration works out the logistics of handling the cases of Gitmo detainees. President Obama, meanwhile, will meet face-to-face with families of victims... More »

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terror suspects • USS Cole • 9/11 attacks • Gitmo • President Obama

Gitmo Judge Refuses Obama's Order to Delay Trials

Delay in USS Cole case 'does not serve the interest of justice,' Army colonel says

Jan 29, 09 1:55 PM CST
(Newser) - The lead judge in the Guantanamo Bay military tribunals has refused President Obama’s order to suspend legal proceedings against one of the terror prison’s detainees, Reuters reports. Army Col. James Pohl said tribunal rules give him sole authority to delay litigation in the case of Abd al Rahim... More »

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War on Terror • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda • USS Cole • Obama administration • Guantanamo tribunals • President Obama

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Judge in Gitmo Driver Trial Nixes Interrogation Evidence

Afghanistan questioning of Hamdan came after stress, without lawyer: defense

Jul 21, 08 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - A military judge at the war-crimes tribunal for Osama bin Laden’s alleged driver today barred evidence from a series of 2002 interrogations in Afghanistan, the Miami Herald reports. Salim Hamdan says he was subjected to sleep deprivation and was not offered a lawyer; his defense team wants all interrogations... More »

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war crimes • Osama bin Laden • Salim Ahmed Hamdan • jury selection • USS Cole • Guantanamo tribunals

 Gitmo Prisoner
 Charged in
 Cole Bombing 

Torture claims will be central to defense

Jul 1, 08 2:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A suspected al-Qaeda terrorist held at Guantanamo Bay for six years has been charged with masterminding the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole that killed 17 sailors and injured 50 others. The treatment of Saudi prisoner Abd al Rahim al-Nashiri in custody, which included waterboarding by interrogators, will be a... More »

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CIA • Pentagon • torture • Guantanamo Bay • waterboarding • al-Qaeda • USS Cole • Abd al Rahim al-Nashiri • Office of Military Commissions

 8 Years On, USS Cole Case Cold 

Stymied by escapes and releases, investigators have gotten nowhere

May 4, 08 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eight years after the daring terrorist attack on the USS Cole, the men responsible for the bombing have all either escaped prison or been released—or are in Guantanamo Bay, outside the reach of US courts. Though Bill Clinton promised justice, George Bush took office three months later, and 9/11... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • Yemen • extradition • al-Qaeda • terrorist attack • USS Cole

Ex-Sailor Convicted in Terror Case

Navy signalman told al-Qaeda group about ship movements

Mar 5, 08 5:43 PM CST
(Newser) - A jury in Connecticut convicted a former Navy sailor today of passing along classified information about US ships in the Persian Gulf to terrorists, the AP reports. Prosecutors said Phoenix native Hassan Abu-Jihaad, 32, sent details about naval ship movements to a group affiliated with al-Qaeda in April of 2001.... More »

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terrorism • Persian Gulf • Navy • Strait of Hormuz • al-Qaeda • Hassan Abu-Jihaad • USS Cole • Muslim convert

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