Word: namo
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...didn't like the nose.' JANET HAMLIN, courtroom sketch artist, on the reaction of alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed when he saw a sketch of himself at his trial at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba...
...civil libertarians, human rights activists and lawyers who have been challenging the Bush Administration's stance on Guantánamo for years hailed the Supreme Court decision as a major step forward. "The court has brought the Constitution home from exile," said Professor Eric M. Freedman, Maurice Deane Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law at Hofstra and a longtime adviser to lawyers representing prisoners at Guantánamo. "Everyone who believes that America is a country devoted to the rule of law should celebrate because this ruling says that the Executive needs to be accountable to a neutral judicial forum...
...Supreme Court's 5-4 decision Thursday asserting that foreign terrorist suspects held at Guantánamo have an inherent constitutional right to challenge their detention in American courts marks a historic rebalancing of powers between the Executive, Congress and the judiciary - one that many critics believe is a long overdue correction after years of Executive overreach by the Bush Administration. But the ruling's precise practical impact remains unclear and may be relatively slight on the military trials under way at Guantánamo...
...Cuba Justice, Gitmo Style With hearings beginning June 5 in the trials of alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-conspirators, as much attention is being paid to Guantánamo Bay's controversial military-commission system as to the crimes themselves. Critics dismiss the tribunals as too secretive, arguing that evidence obtained through methods like waterboarding should be inadmissible. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to rule this month on the rights of Gitmo prisoners...
...parts of the world at once, single-issue advocates may have a hard time seeing the relationship of one foreign policy challenge to another. Viewing issues à la carte, they might be unable or unwilling to prioritize. To be fair, if young advocates fail to see the way Guantánamo has undermined U.S. efforts in Darfur, they are being no more tunnel-visioned than the Bush Administration. But they are the ones we are counting on to help turn things around...