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Obama Loses Phrase "Enemy Combatants," But Detention System Remains the Same

Willam Fisher, IPS News. March 18, 2009.

Many human rights advocates see the shift as a case of old wine in new bottles.

No More 'Enemy Combatants' -- But Is Obama Merely Rebranding Bush's 'War on Terror'?

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. March 17, 2009.

Words matter, as Obama said on the campaign trail. But when it comes to his detention and counterterrorism policies, his actions are speaking louder.

Will Jose Padilla's Lawsuit Against Torture Memo Author John Yoo Move Forward?

Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 9, 2009.

Obama's DOJ lawyers are trying to get a judge to toss out a lawsuit by the so-called "enemy combatant," who was tortured under Bush.

"There is No Such Thing as Justice Here": Hamdan Trial Begins

Leonard Doyle, Independent UK. July 21, 2008.

Salim Hamdan, the suicidal and delusional prisoner who was once a chauffeur for Osama bin Laden, is being tried by Military Tribunal.

Who Defines the "Enemy" in "Enemy Combatant"?

Sabin P. Willett, Jurist Legal News and Research AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. April 7, 2008.

The strange case of Guantánamo prisoner Huzaifa Parhat reveals the government's answer: We don't know.