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Obama Reverses Himself: Administration Won't Veto 'Global Battlefield' Indefinite Detentions Measure

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. December 14, 2011.

President Obama is expected to sign a defense policy bill allowing the military to arrest and indefinitely hold terrorism suspects -- even Americans arrested on U.S. soil.

'Global Battlefield' Provision Allowing Indefinite Detention of Citizens Accused of Terror Could Pass This Week

Rania Khalek, AlterNet. December 13, 2011.

Lawmakers are looking to vote as soon as Thursday on the final National Defense Authorization, which has outraged civil liberties advocates.

How a Former GITMO Guard Reached out to Two Former Inmates on Facebook and Found Closure

Patrick Trahey, In These Times. April 7, 2010.

"It takes a lot of courage to say that it was wrong." Former Spc. Brandon Neely's moving encounter with former prisoners Ruhal Ahmed and Shafiq Rasul.

Cute Puppies Against Gitmo

Staff, Agit-Pop. January 21, 2010.

Obama promised to close Gitmo one year ago, and not much has changed. The puppies are disappointed.

Jon Stewart: Scott Brown Is the President of the United States

Tana Ganeva, January 21, 2010.

It's the only option.

Politicians Are Portraying 'Gitmo North' as a Terrific Local Jobs Program -- Don't Count On It

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. December 17, 2009.

Politicians' claim that moving detainees to Illinois will create 3,000 jobs is a distraction from an ugly reality; Gitmo is not being closed, it is being moved onto U.S. soil.

Why the National Review Is Wrong to Whine About Moving Prisoners to Thomson Correctional Center

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. December 15, 2009.

The NR editors are calling for the continuation of grotesque U.S. exceptionalism -- and tripping over their own logic in the process.

Washington Indie: Retired Military Brass Back Obama's Plan to Shutter Gitmo

Spencer Ackerman, Washington Independent September 29, 2009.

“We expressed our views to the attorney general, and he did express the fact that he shared those goals with us.”

Mitchell & Jessen - The Guys Who Came Up With The Torture Program: The Young Turks

Beta Tester, AlterNet. August 13, 2009.

Surprise! Behind the torture program, a shocking story of profit and scandal.

Obama is Courting Disaster With His New Detention Plan

Ari Melber, The Nation. June 27, 2009.

According to a new Washington Post/ProPublica piece, Obama is drafting a new executive order to reassert authority over indefinite detention.

Guantanamo Bay Video Game in Development?

Ryan Powers, ThinkProgress. June 1, 2009.

A former Gitmo detainee was even hired to make it 'more realistic.'

General Petraeus Speaks Out: Abuse 'Violated the Geneva Conventions'

Digby, Hullabaloo. May 29, 2009.

The Man Called Petraeus isn't towing the GOP party line. Will they say he betrayed them?

The World Is Taking Notice of Congress's Cowardice

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. May 29, 2009.

Congressional cowardice has not gone unnoticed on the international stage. It's a real problem.

Gen. Petraeus Endorses Obama's Plans To Close Gitmo, End Torture

Sam Stein, Huffington Post. May 26, 2009.

The president also got a boost on Sunday when former Secretary of State Colin Powell came to his defense on both subjects

Do Conservatives Actually Believe Their Own Lies?

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. May 23, 2009.

Blatant dishonesty for partisan gain is much easier to understand than rampant stupidity among leading federal lawmakers.

So Much for Not 'Looking Backwards' ... RNC Remixes 1964 'Daisy' Ad for Gitmo

Jason Linkins, Huffington Post. May 22, 2009.

The reinvigorated RNC, focused on the future, immediately cut an ad that referenced a 1964 ad from Lyndon Johnson?

Dick Says Talking Gitmo Enables Terrorists ... So Shouldn't He STFU?

Mustang Bobby, Shakesville. May 21, 2009.

Seriously, Cheney needs to stand down.

Obama Stands Firm on Closing Gitmo, Takes GOP to Task for Fear Mongering

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. May 21, 2009.

"So the record is clear: rather than keep us safer, the prison at Guantanamo has weakened American national security."

Obama Breaks With Bush: No More 'Enemy Combatants'

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. 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."

How a Man Was Thrown into Gitmo and Tortured for Clicking on My Article

Barbara Ehrenreich, Barbaraehrenreich.com. February 26, 2009.

America in the Bush years was so vicious and stupid that it managed to take my freedom of speech and turn it into someone else's living hell.

Guantanamo on the Brink: Death Looms for Inmates Amid Hunger Strikes and Beatings

Mark Townsend, Paul Harris, Independent UK. February 9, 2009.

Dozens of hunger strikes, beatings, instances of forced feeding and other atrocities have reportedly reduced Guantanamo to near chaos.