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Shrink Waterboard 'Experts'
Racked Up $1K a Day

Operation's architects lacked training in conducting interrogations, say CIS records

May 1, 09 4:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two US psychologists with no training in conducting interrogations boasted of earning $1000 a day designing and helping to implement use of waterboarding techniques on CIA detainees, reports ABC News. Bruce Jessen and Jim Mitchell, former military officers, are considered the architects of the interrogation operation that Barack Obama has... More »

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CIA • torture • Guantanamo Bay • prisoners • detainee • interrogation • waterboarding • interrogation techniques • harsh interrogation • detainees • Bruce Jesson • Jim Mitchell

 Photos of Bush-Era 
 Prisoner Abuse 
 to Be Released 

ACLU request for release of Iraq, Afghanistan photos granted

Apr 24, 09 2:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration is releasing dozens of photographs depicting prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq being abused by Americans, the Los Angeles Times reports. The photos are not believed to be as extreme as the images from the Abu Ghraib probe, but defense officials warn they may provoke an angry backlash... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Bush administration • War on Terror • Abu Ghraib • ACLU • detainee • Obama administration • President Obama

Iran Says It
Will Release
US Journalist in 'Next Few Days'

31-year-old imprisoned for buying bottle of wine

Mar 6, 09 2:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Iran will soon free Roxana Saberi, a journalist imprisoned more than a month ago, Reuters reports. Saberi was jailed after buying a bottle of wine, but held on concerns over her working papers. Tehran said its investigation is finished and that the 31-year old Iranian-American’s release is imminent, but... More »

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Iran • Hillary Clinton • Tehran • wine • Islamic Sharia law • Islamic law • detainee • journalist • Roxana Saberi

Did Gitmo Turn 'Lost Kid'
Into Suicide Bomber? 

Case highlights questions as Obama decides inmates' fate

Feb 22, 09 11:19 AM CST
(Newser) - A young Guantanamo inmate described by a lawyer as just "a kid who was lost" ended up bombing an Iraqi army outpost last year, killing 13 soldiers. While he was originally thought to be a low-level Taliban fighter—one of the “least dangerous” at Gitmo—his lawyer says... More »

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Taliban • Guantanamo Bay • detainee • Guantanamo prisoners • Obama administration

Gitmo Meets Geneva Rules: Pentagon Report

Study urges changes in rules for 'most troublesome' detainees

Feb 21, 09 8:54 AM CST
(Newser) - A Pentagon report conducted for President Obama asserts that Gitmo treats its prisoners humanely and in accordance with the Geneva Convention, reports the Los Angeles Times. The report does, however, call for some reforms, such as giving the most dangerous inmates more contact with other prisoners and opportunities for prayer.... More »

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Pentagon • human rights • Guantanamo Bay • Department of Defense • detainee • Geneva Convention • Obama administration • report • President Obama

Now Europe Has Gitmo Problem

EU leaders ponder course for up to 60 former inmates they've agreed to take in

Feb 8, 09 12:14 PM CST
(Newser) - EU leaders have promised President Obama they’ll take up to 60 detainees as Guantanamo closes, but the devil is in the details over exactly what to do with them, the Los Angeles Times reports. Questions abound over which country should take which detainee, whether they should face prosecution, and... More »

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European Union • Europe • Guantanamo Bay • detainee • Guantanamo prisoners

Freed Detainee Becomes Al-Qaeda Chief

After Gitmo, suspected in bombing of US embassy in Yemen

Jan 23, 09 7:36 AM CST
(Newser) - As Barack Obama prepares to close Guantanamo Bay, the story of Said Ali al-Shihri provides a cautionary tale. Released from the prison camp in 2007, the Saudi has become the deputy leader of al-Qaeda’s Yemeni branch and is suspected of involvement in the bombing of the US embassy there... More »

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Saudi Arabia • Guantanamo Bay • detainee • Yemen • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda • Said Ali al-Shihri

American Detainees Faced Gitmo Treatment Inside US

Isolation, sensory deprivation nearly drove one insane

Oct 8, 08 5:15 PM CDT
(AP) - An American detainee held in a US military brig was driven nearly insane by months of punishing isolation and sensory deprivation, documents obtained by the AP show. The Bush administration labeled two citizens and a US resident “enemy combatants” and held them for years without criminal charges at military... More »

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prison • US military • Guantanamo Bay • detainee • isolation

 Kenya 
 Deports 
 Author of 
 Obama Nation 

Immigration nabs Jerome Corsi ahead
of book launch

Oct 7, 08 8:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The author of the bestselling attack on Barack Obama, The Obama Nation, is being deported from Kenya for lacking the right working papers, the AP reports. Police nabbed Jerome Corsi at his hotel ahead of a book launch. One source said he had been held for accusing the prime... More »

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Barack Obama • Kenya • deportation • detainee • book • Election 2008 • Jerome Corsi • Obama Nation

Court: al-Qaeda Suspect Can Challenge Detention

Ruling finds president can legally order detention, but detainee free to challenge status

Jul 16, 08 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The president has the right to order the detention of enemy combatants, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday—but detainees can challenge that status. The Virginia-based court was hearing the case of an al-Qaeda suspect who's been in a Navy brig for 5 years without trial, Reuters reports, making him... More »

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enemy combatants • Ali al Marri • detainee • executive order • suspected terrorists • al-Qaeda • detention without trial

Advisers to Bush: You Asked for It

Lawyers warned him that detainee policy would backfire

Jun 21, 08 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush ignored warnings that his detainee policy would spark a Supreme Court backlash, the Washington Post reports. Top lawyers both in and outside Washington said that jailing suspects without Congressional approval would push the court to rule on national security—but the White House either ignored the advice... More »

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Bush administration • White House • detainee • habeas corpus • Guantanamo prisoners • US Supreme Court

ANALYSIS

Gitmo Will Be Transformed, Not Closed

Court ruling strips
base of its legal rationale for US

Jun 13, 08 9:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court's ruling yesterday against the Bush administration will not shut down the Guantanamo Bay detention center. But by concluding that detainees can appeal their detention in US civilian courts, the high court stripped away its reason for being, erasing the government's claim that an offshore prison was beyond... More »

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War on Terror • military tribunal • Anthony Kennedy • Guantanamo Bay • detainee • habeas corpus • Guantanamo prisoners • US Supreme Court

Ex-Detainee Describes
Gitmo Tortures

He was beaten,
hung from ceiling,
shocked with electricity

May 21, 08 12:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - A man arrested in Pakistan and held as an enemy combatant in Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay was hung from the ceiling, beaten, and shocked with jolts of electricity, he testified to Congress yesterday. The German-born Turkish citizen told lawmakers that US interrogators also forced water down his throat. He was... More »

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War on Terror • torture • enemy combatants • Guantanamo Bay • Kandahar • detainee • interrogation • waterboarding • harsh interrogation

 '20th Hijacker'
 Tried Suicide
 at Gitmo 

Detainee 'lost all hope' after learning of capital charges

May 21, 08 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - A man accused of being al-Qaeda's 20th 9/11 hijacker tried to kill himself at Guantanamo Bay last month, Reuters reports. A lawyer for the Saudi said he cut his wrist open after learning that the Pentagon had filed capital charges against him. The charges were dropped last week without explanation... More »

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suicide • Pentagon • September 11 • Guantanamo Bay • detainee • hijacker • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda

Detained Immigrants Dying for Lack of Health Care

 Overburdened system fails to adequately diagnose and treat detainees, Post finds

May 11, 08 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The number of detained immigrants has skyrocketed since 9/11, and many do not receive critical health care in overburdened federal detention centers, the Washington Post reports. Several immigrants, detained for minor offenses or waiting to seek asylum, received little or no care for life-threatening symptoms which finally killed them, a... More »

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Bush administration • immigration • health care • detainee • immigrant • Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Congress Prods Justice Dept.
on Secrecy

Dems accuse Mukasey, underlings of stalling on requests

Apr 8, 08 10:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Congress is redoubling its efforts to get info from the Justice Department, the Washington Post reports. Requests for classified documents have languished for as long as 3 years, and the contretemps between Congress and Alberto Gonzales over their disclosure has improved little under the new AG, Michael Mukasey. "We... More »

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Congress • Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • Patrick Leahy • detainee • US attorney firings • Michael Mukasey • warrantless wiretapping

UK Questions Mount Over US 'Torture Flights'

Brits uncertain of extent that rendition flights utilized UK territory

Mar 10, 08 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amid pressure British officials said yesterday that they were “working behind the scenes” to root out more information about the CIA rendition flights that landed on British soil, the Guardian reports. The UN’s special torture investigator has said there is credible evidence to suggest that the US... More »

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CIA • rendition • torture • Diego Garcia • David Miliband • Guantanamo Bay • prisoners • detainee • Britain

Abu Ghraib
Film: Too Soft on Abuses?

Documentary wins
Berlin prize, criticism
for 'morbid voyeurism' 

Feb 20, 08 4:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Documentary-maker Errol Morris has often spoken truth to power, but his new film about the Abu Ghraib prison scandal may tread too lightly, Geoffrey Macnab writes in the Guardian. Though Standard Operating Procedure explores the infamous prison photos in gritty detail, Morris’ interview style—focusing mainly on implicated American soldiers... More »

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Iraq • torture • Abu Ghraib • film • detainee • documentary • Berlin Film Festival • Errol Morris • Geoffrey Macnab • Lynndie England

OPINION

CIA Obstructed 9/11 Inquiry, Commission Heads Charge

Destroying tapes at odds with probe

Jan 2, 08 9:50 AM CST
(Newser) - By withholding and ultimately destroying videotapes of the interrogation of al-Qaeda detainees, the CIA willfully obstructed the 9/11 commission, its top two members charge in today’s New York Times. Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton say the CIA repeatedly stonewalled their investigation in 2003-04, answering questions vaguely, denying access to... More »

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CIA • George Tenet • detainee • 9/11 commission • Thomas Kean • interrogation techniques • CIA videotapes • Lee Hamilton • al-Qaeda

Iraq Moves Toward Amnesty

Pending law would allow release thousands of detainees

Dec 27, 07 10:52 AM CST
(Newser) - The Iraqi cabinet has framed an amnesty law that would release tens of thousands of suspected insurgents being held without charges. The amnesty, the result of months of negotiation, now goes to the parliament, which will begin debating it Sunday, the BBC reports. The number of prisoners held, estimated at... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • amnesty • Shia • Sunnis • surge • detainee

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