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Edelman and the ACLU hope to avert legal action by N2H2 down the road, claiming that filings issued by N2H2 constitute an explicit threat to take Edelman to court if he uncovers and publishes their filtering list...
...With hindsight, of course, the U.S. military should have screened its al-Qaeda suspects more rigorously and relied less on Afghan bounty hunters before doling out one-way tickets to Cuba. But the Bush administration was desperate to avert another terrorist attack, and to catch bin Laden. This haste, say human rights activists, led the administration to disregard Geneva Convention rules for the proper treatment of war prisoners. Meanwhile, a year on, the Guantanamo process has bogged down. Every suspect has been interviewed dozens of times by U.S. intelligence and anti-terrorism agencies. Yet not a single prisoner has been...
...With hindsight, of course, the U.S. military should have screened its al-Qaeda suspects more rigorously and relied less on Afghan bounty hunters before doling out one-way tickets to Cuba. But the Bush Administration was desperate to avert another terrorist attack, and to catch bin Laden. This haste, say human rights activists, led the Administration to disregard Geneva Convention rules for the proper treatment of war prisoners. Meanwhile, a year on, the Guant?namo process has bogged down. Every suspect has been interviewed dozens of times by U.S. intelligence and antiterrorism agencies. Yet not a single prisoner has been brought...
...helped avert one lawsuit per year, I felt I was earning my salary,” Hill said...
Universities have the moral and legal responsibility for taking prudent action to avert problems that are known to be likely to occur...