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The Obama administration is in the process of establishing new procedures that could allow prisoners to challenge their detentions at a U.S. facility in Afghanistan, according to Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman.
Eric Holder, President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for attorney general, met Wednesday with 12 retired generals and admirals to discuss changing the U.S. government's current interrogation and detention policies.
A Gitmo judge's dismissal of evidence against bin Laden's driver could bode ill for cases against others tied to 9/11
The Bush Administration faces a political decision over whether to renew the contract of the security firm protecting U.S. officials in Iraq
For some three decades, Melvin Washington led a double life. By day he put his engineering and MBA degrees to work in corporate America (he was employed by AT&T for 17 years, then went into banking...
The Obama administration is in the process of establishing new procedures that could allow prisoners to challenge their detentions at a U.S. facility in Afghanistan, according to Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman.
Eric Holder, President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for attorney general, met Wednesday with 12 retired generals and admirals to discuss changing the U.S. government's current interrogation and detention policies.
A Gitmo judge's dismissal of evidence against bin Laden's driver could bode ill for cases against others tied to 9/11
The Bush Administration faces a political decision over whether to renew the contract of the security firm protecting U.S. officials in Iraq
For some three decades, Melvin Washington led a double life. By day he put his engineering and MBA degrees to work in corporate America (he was employed by AT&T for 17 years, then went into banking...
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