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On AlterNet: gitmo

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "gitmo"

Gitmo Injustices Get Satirical Treatment From Harold & Kumar

Gitmo Injustices Get Satirical Treatment From Harold & Kumar

Eileen Jones, AlterNet. April 26, 2008.
The iconic teens come face to face with the injustices at Gitmo -- and young audiences are going to eat it up.

How to Become a Concentration Camp Guard Without Even Trying

How to Become a Concentration Camp Guard Without Even Trying

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. March 18, 2008.
A reluctant Guantanamo Bay jailer, who found himself working in that "legal black hole" at age 19, tells his shocking story.

Afghanistan: The Brutal and Unnecessary War the Media Aren't Telling You About

Afghanistan: The Brutal and Unnecessary War the Media Aren't Telling You About

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. February 26, 2008.
It's easy to forget that the road to Guantánamo began in places like Kandahar and Jalalabad.

Arrested and Jailed for Protesting Gitmo 'Black Hole'

Arrested and Jailed for Protesting Gitmo 'Black Hole'

Bryan Farrell, Foreign Policy in Focus. February 5, 2008.
Gandhi said nonviolence was "as old as the hills"

Six Years Since An American Gulag Was Created 90 miles Off Our Shore

Six Years Since An American Gulag Was Created 90 miles Off Our Shore

Cliff Schecter, Cliff Schecter's Blog AlterNet: Video. January 11, 2008.
Today marks the 6th Anniversary of when our democracy was officially put in shackles under cover of the night.

Six Years of Guantanamo: Enough Is Enough!

Six Years of Guantanamo: Enough Is Enough!

Andy Worthington, AlterNet. January 11, 2008.
The sixth anniversary of the creation of Bush's legal "black hole" is upon us.

CIA Jet Carrying Four Tons of Cocaine Also Made Trips to Gitmo [VIDEO]

CIA Jet Carrying Four Tons of Cocaine Also Made Trips to Gitmo [VIDEO]

Manila Ryce, The Largest Minority AlterNet: Video. December 27, 2007.
Perhaps the reason why the CIA’s well-documented role in the global drug trade is never really acknowledged is because it never really ended.

Britain Gives Rude Welcome to Innocent Gitmo Prisoners

Britain Gives Rude Welcome to Innocent Gitmo Prisoners

Victoria Brittain, Comment Is Free. December 24, 2007.
To admit that they pose no threat would show how complacent the Brits have been in supporting the U.S.'s black prison network.

Gitmo and the Supreme Court: What Happened?

Gitmo and the Supreme Court: What Happened?

Andy Worthington, AlterNet. December 22, 2007.
The Supreme Court's decision in June 2004 has been undermined twice by Congress in the intervening years.

Shocking Stories of Sudanese Aid Workers Just Released From Guantánamo

Shocking Stories of Sudanese Aid Workers Just Released From Guantánamo

Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog AlterNet: PEEK. December 15, 2007.
I thank God almighty and express my gratefulness to you," Adel Hamad said. "I can finally see the light after the darkness."

Chief Gitmo Prosecutor Resigned When Placed Under Command of Torture Advocate

Chief Gitmo Prosecutor Resigned When Placed Under Command of Torture Advocate

Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. December 11, 2007.
Amanda Terkel: Davis said that the Pentagon had ordered him "not to communicate with the news media about my resignation or military commissions."

At Gitmo, Toilet Paper Is a Reward

At Gitmo, Toilet Paper Is a Reward

GottaLaff, Brave New Films AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. December 4, 2007.
GottaLaff: A leaked copy of a March 2004 manual of Gitmo's "Standard Operating Procedures" for Camp Delta was published yesterday.

Rumsfeld Flees France, Fearing Arrest

Rumsfeld Flees France, Fearing Arrest

World NewsOctober 29, 2007.
Anti-torture protesters in France believe that the defense secretary fled over the open border to Germany, where a war crimes case against Rumsfeld was dismissed by a federal court.

Prisoner 345: An Arab Journalist's Five Years in Guantanamo

Prisoner 345: An Arab Journalist's Five Years in Guantanamo

Rachel Morris, Columbia Journalism Review. July 23, 2007.
What happened to Al Jazeera’s Sami al-Haj?

A White House Plan to Erode Our Liberties

A White House Plan to Erode Our Liberties

Aziz Huq, The Nation. June 12, 2007.
The Military Commissions Act threatens more than terror suspects at Gitmo. It is the spearhead of a long-term incursion on all our civil liberties and it must be rolled back.

The Scummiest Guys in the Room [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. April 26, 2007.
Taxi to the Dark Side documents America's top-down torture ethos...

12-Year-Olds at Gitmo

12-Year-Olds at Gitmo

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet: PEEK. March 11, 2007.
Lindsay Beyerstein: "An interview with the US army chaplain wrongfully accused of spying at Guantanamo Bay."

Diary of a Guantánamo Attorney

Diary of a Guantánamo Attorney

H. Candace Gorman, In These Times. January 20, 2007.
Attorneys often return from the base with urgent news but have to wait weeks for the government to clear their notes.

Pentagon Attacks Lawyers of Guantanamo Detainees

Pentagon Attacks Lawyers of Guantanamo Detainees

Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. January 16, 2007.
Guantanamo prisoners are entitled to protections under the Constitution, yet the government is trying to deny them due process.