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BP’s Don’t-Ask-Don’t-Tell Policy: The Well’s Corked, But Public And Government Are Left In The Dark »

By Dave Lindorff - The Public Record

BP’s Don’t-Ask-Don’t-Tell Policy: The Well’s Corked, But Public And Government Are Left In The Dark

Professor Bob Bea, of UC Berkeley, a civil engineer with years of expertise in marine oil drilling, says he is concerned that during the...

Jul 27 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Law

Omar Khadr Accepts US Military Lawyer For Forthcoming Trial By Military Commission »

By Andy Worthington - The Public Record

Omar Khadr Accepts US Military Lawyer For Forthcoming Trial By Military Commission

In a turnaround from the defiant position he took last week, when he sacked his US lawyers and stated that he would either boycott...

Jul 22 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Law

How Jay Bybee Has Approved The Prosecution Of CIA Operatives For Torture »

By Andy Worthington - The Public Record

How Jay Bybee Has Approved The Prosecution Of CIA Operatives For Torture

Last Thursday, Rep. John Conyers (D-Michigan), the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, released the previously undisclosed testimony of Jay S. Bybee, delivered to...

Jul 22 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »

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Important Notice, In Afghan Peace »

By Wahid Monawar - The Public Record

Important Notice, In Afghan Peace

With the election of Barack Obama and his slogan “Yes, we can,” Afghans too, like many Americans, were hopeful for a new chapter in the U.S. engagement in Afghanistan. Afghans believed that, perhaps, the new administration would lend an open ear to them and listen...

Jul 22 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Torture

Obama, US Courts Repatriate Algerian From Guantanamo Against His Will; May Be Complicit in Torture »

By Andy Worthington - The Public Record

Obama, US Courts Repatriate Algerian From Guantanamo Against His Will; May Be Complicit in Torture

On Monday, the Pentagon announced that two prisoners had been released from Guantánamo. Abd al-Nisr Mohammed Khantumani, a 50-year old Syrian (also known as Abdul Nasir al-Tumani) was given a new home in Cape Verde, a former Portuguese colony off the West African coast, while...

Jul 22 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Commentary

Fools Errand: Remove The Cap From The Well Head! »

By Dave Lindorff - The Public Record

Fools Errand: Remove The Cap From The Well Head!

It is time to ask why on earth the Obama administration and the Coast Guard are allowing BP to continue keeping a tight lid on the top of the run-away, damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico. Leaks from the sea floor are appearing and...

Jul 20 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »

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‘Refudiating’ Palin’s Racist Tweet »

By Shannyn Moore - The Public Record

‘Refudiating’ Palin’s Racist Tweet

Cross-posted from Shannyn Moore’s website and The Mudflats. It feels strange weighing in on a house of worship thousands of miles away, well, at least for me. A proposed mosque two blocks from Ground Zero has Palin tweeting on a Sunday afternoon. According to Politico:...

Jul 19 2010 / 3 comments / Read More »

Law

Guantanamo: The Definitive Prisoner List (Updated For Summer 2010) »

By Andy Worthington - The Public Record

Guantanamo: The Definitive Prisoner List (Updated For Summer 2010)

Please support Andy Worthington’s groundbreaking work! In March 2009, I published a four-part list identifying all 779 prisoners held at Guantánamo since the prison opened on January 11, 2002, which I updated in January this year. To keep up with developments over the last six...

Jul 18 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Law

Defiance In Isolation: The Last Stand Of Omar Khadr »

By Andy Worthington - The Public Record

Defiance In Isolation: The Last Stand Of Omar Khadr

In the last week, Omar Khadr, the only Western citizen still held in Guantánamo, has sacked his US lawyers and stated that he will boycott his forthcoming trial by Military Commission, scheduled to begin on August 10. He has also refused to have anything to...

Jul 18 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Torture

UK On U.S. Rendition: ‘Is It clear That detention, Rather Than Killing, Is The Objective Of The Operation?’ »

By Jeffrey Kaye - The Public Record

UK On U.S. Rendition: ‘Is It clear That detention, Rather Than Killing, Is The Objective Of The Operation?’

A series of documents released on July 14 in the UK Binyam Mohamed civil case, Al Rawi and Others v Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Others, have produced a series of explosive revelations, reported in Britain and as yet unknown here in the U.S. The...

Jul 16 2010 / No comment / Read More »
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