On AlterNet: guantanamo bay

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America the Traumatized: How 13 Events of the Decade Made Us the PTSD Nation

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. December 30, 2009.

The Millennial Decade screwed with our heads and destroyed our national identity. Are we in for a cataclysmic century?

Judge Finds Abusive Gitmo Interrogations Yield False Confessions, Bad Info

Christopher Flavelle, ProPublica. October 14, 2009.

A judge's recently-released opinion opens a window on Gitmo's harsh interrogation techniques, and the bad intel they yield.

Guantanamo Inmates May Go to Special U.S. Prison: Report

Agence France Presse August 2, 2009.

U.S. officials are considering a plan to move Guantanamo detainees to a special prison camp that would also contain courtrooms and long-term living quarters.

Ending Indefinite Detention Is AlterNet's Top Take Action Campaign of the Week

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. July 8, 2009.

It's up to us to make sure that Obama does away with this horrid Bush administration legacy.

Obama Has Become Radical in His Commitment to Secrecy

Martin Garbus, Huffington Post. June 30, 2009.

Obama's attempt at secrecy, continued torture and repression of speech must be stopped.

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.

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?

Jon Stewart Mocks the Nonsensical Aversion to Closing Guantanamo Bay

Jason Linkins, Huffington Post. May 20, 2009.

A good hard look at politicians' ridiculous fear of Gitmo detainees.

Conservatives Should Lose Their 'Al Qaeda are Worse Than Nazis' Talking Point

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. May 8, 2009.

Millions of Nazis took large swaths of Europe by force; tens of millions died. Al Qaeda is a group of lunatics who live in caves.

FBI Weren't the Only Ones Objecting to Torture ... So Did the Army, Marines & Air Force

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake. April 23, 2009.

Donald Rumsfeld defied the recommendations of the Army, the Navy, and the Marines when he approved torture.

Hugo Chavez: Released Gitmo Prisoners Can Come to Venezuela

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. April 3, 2009.

"We wouldn't have any problem in taking in human beings," Chavez said this week, calling on the U.S. to "finish with that miserable prison."

Six Years After the Invasion of Iraq, War Resisters Are Taking Their Fight Across the Globe

Maya Schenwar, TruthOut.org. March 19, 2009.

"We have killed, tortured and bombed civilians into submission": Winter Soldiers speak out in Europe.

Special Comment: Olbermann Urges Obama to Go After Bush Admin on Torture

Nicole Belle, Crooks and Liars. January 20, 2009.

Olbermann: 'They're guilty of this, Mr. President-Elect. They're guilty as sin.'

ACLU Executive Director on Colbert Report: "This is an historic day!"

ZP Heller, Brave New Films. January 13, 2009.

Anthony Romero overjoyed by Obama's announcement to close Gitmo.

Did Dick Cheney Just Confess to a War Crime on National TV?

ZP Heller, Brave New Films. December 17, 2008.

The VP and his hubris have finally gone too far.

ACLU at GITMO: Anthony Romero's Take on the Case Against 9/11 Defendants

anthony romero, ACLU Northern California. December 11, 2008.

An insider's look at unconstitutional military commissions.

Musicians to U.S.: Stop Using Our Songs to Torture Prisoners

Rosie Swash, The Guardian. December 11, 2008.

Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello: "I suggest they level Guantanamo, but they keep one small cell and put Bush in there."

What President-Elect Obama Must Do Once He Closes Gitmo

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Foundation. December 9, 2008.

Help end the unconstitutional military commissions.

The Road to Guantanamo: All the Evidence You Need to Support Closing Gitmo and Banning Torture

DJK, Brave New Films. November 25, 2008.

A Brave New Review about the Tipton Three.

Obama: Close Gitmo, Ban Torture to 'Regain America's Moral Stature'

Staff, Huffington Post. November 16, 2008.

Obama 60 Minutes interview: talks national security, financial crisis, first dog.

Close Gitmo and End Unconstitutional Military Commissions Now

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Foundation. November 13, 2008.

How Obama can cut ties with the controversial Bush era of national security.

Military Probing Abuse of Power by Top Gitmo Brass

Steve Czajkowski, Jurist Legal News and Research. October 27, 2008.

Air Force Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann is being investigated for inappropriately seeking to influence the military commissions trials.

George Clooney to Make Movie About Gitmo Detainee Salim Hamdan

Amol Rajan, Arifa Akbar, Independent UK. August 15, 2008.

The film will be based on The Challenge, by journalist Jonathan Mahler, which portrays the fight for a fair trial for Osama bin Laden's driver.

Suicide Note from a Guantanamo Bay Detainee

ZP Heller, Brave New Films. August 13, 2008.

From "My Guantanamo Diary: The Detainees and the Stories They Told Me"

End Psychologists' Role in State Torture

Stephen Soldz, Boston Globe. August 12, 2008.

Psychologists have become accomplices to torture. They owe it to their profession to oppose abuses, not participate in them.