Stories by Dafna Linzer

Dafna Linzer was a national security reporter for The Washington Post, covering intelligence and nonproliferation, from 2004 to 2008. subscribe to Dafna Linzer's feed

How Many Clemency Requests Are Botched? U.S. Pardon Attorney Excluded Info That Could Have Set One Man Free

Posted on: May 23, 2012, Source: ProPublica

An investigation into one man's clemency request exposes the Pardon Attorney for failing to report crucial information that may have set an unjustly sentenced Black man free.

Is Obama Preparing to Fight the Republicans' Efforts to Handcuff Him on Gitmo?

Posted on: Jan 3, 2011, Source: ProPublica

What the White House once saw as bipartisan support for shuttering the prison soon became an effort to thwart the administration's plans.

White House Drafts Executive Order for Indefinite Detention

Posted on: Dec 21, 2010, Source: ProPublica

Nearly two years after Obama's pledge to close the prison at Guantanamo, more inmates there are formally facing the prospect of lifelong detention.

White House Drafting Executive Order to Allow Indefinite Detention; Move Would Bypass Congress

Posted on: Jun 30, 2009, Source: ProPublica

Such an order embraces claims by George W. Bush that certain people can be held without trial for long periods under the laws of war.