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On AlterNet: enemy combatants

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "enemy combatants"

In Selling Its Version of the

In Selling Its Version of the "War on Terror," Obama Is Adopting Bush's Playbook

Andy Worthington, AlterNet. March 17, 2009.
Under Obama's Justice Department, "change" means nothing more than turning "enemy combatants" to "Nobodies Formerly Known As Enemy Combatants."

Obama Breaks With Bush: No More 'Enemy Combatants'

Obama Breaks With Bush: No More 'Enemy Combatants'

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Media and Technology. March 13, 2009.
"The Obama Administration today dropped the term "enemy combatant" to describe those held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba."

Why Won't the Bush Administration Release the Uighur Prisoners at Gitmo?

Why Won't the Bush Administration Release the Uighur Prisoners at Gitmo?

Daphne Eviatar, Washington Independent. December 3, 2008.
As the Bush term ends, his administration is using every possible excuse to keep its captives from the "war on terror" imprisoned.

Lessons of Internment

Lessons of Internment

Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. February 21, 2008.
At a time when the Bush Administration holds "enemy combatants" without charge, we have a lot to learn from history.

Gitmo and the Bogus 'Enemy Combatants' Trials Should Be Ceased Immediately

Gitmo and the Bogus 'Enemy Combatants' Trials Should Be Ceased Immediately

Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. June 8, 2007.
The Military Commissions Act, which denies basic due process protections, including the right to habeas corpus, is a disgrace. But an even bigger disgrace is the concentration camp the United States maintains at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

Gitmo prisoner David Hicks MTV parody [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. March 29, 2007.
Visit a Gitmo "crib"...

David Hicks pleads guilty from Gitmo -- sort of [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. March 29, 2007.
Through his lawyers, some of whom are no longer on the case...