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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...
...move was part of a global game to empty the prison. If the two settled without incident, six more would be let into the U.S. That in turn would help the State Department persuade other countries to take Gitmo detainees. The hope was that those remaining could be tried in federal courts. At the April 17 meeting, Craig directed some of the officials to plan security measures for monitoring the Uighurs once they got to the U.S. and others to develop a plan to convince Congress and the public that it was a good idea. The Uighurs' lawyers agreed...
...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...
...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...