Word: gitmo
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...campaign and toward more moderate positions, some favored by George W. Bush. At the same time, he quietly shifted responsibility for the legal framework for counterterrorism from Craig to political advisers overseen by Emanuel, who was more inclined to strike a balance between left and right. (See portraits of Gitmo detainees...
...instant, it took no time at all before everyone knew: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks who was subjected to waterboarding 183 times, will face trial in a New York City federal court with four other Guantánamo Bay detainees. (See pictures of Gitmo detainees...
...October, and many of the 600 inmates are already being dispersed to other facilities. Officials here say importing prisoners is a way to profitably use a facility that would otherwise be empty. On Oct. 19, the Standish city council voted to allow federal prisoners, including detainees from Gitmo, to be housed at the local correctional facility. (See TIME's photo-essay "A Day in the Life of Detroit Mayor Dave Bing...
...Once the refined wheels of military justice begin to turn, there's still a risk they could grind to a halt. Many of Gitmo's detainees are charged with material support for terrorism or terrorist groups, one of the offenses Congress set aside for the commissions, as it did in 2006. But such offenses have not been recognized as war crimes by the Geneva Convention, nor have they been brought before military tribunals before. Administration legal officials have expressed concern that civilian appeals courts would reverse hard-won convictions on grounds that material support offenses should not have been tried...
...Ramzi Kassem, a City University of New York law professor who represents Gitmo detainees, said that given those concerns, prosecuting such cases before military commissions would "evidence blatant disregard for the law and be symptomatic of how military commissions were created to produce convictions at the expense of justice and legality." Which is another reason that the newly reformed commissions may not help close Gitmo anytime soon...