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A Closer Look at the Hamdan Trial

Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog. July 25, 2008.
As the military commission trial of Salim Hamdan continues, justice and logic remain in short supply.

After Boumedine, What Next to Close Guantanamo?

The Progress ReportJuly 9, 2008.
Infighting and political grandstanding are holding up measures to close the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay.

We Are Through the Looking Glass: Guantánamo as Alice in Wonderland

Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog. July 2, 2008.
The ruling in Parhat v. Gates invokes Lewis Carroll: "the fact the government has 'said it thrice' does not make an allegation true."

Inside Guantanamo: What does the 5-4 Supreme Court decision really mean?

Harry Hanbury, American News Project AlterNet: Video. June 19, 2008.
A Public Defender representing seven Gitmo detainees shares misgivings about the Supreme Court decision upholding habeas corpus.

McCain Parrots FOX Line on Habeas, Attacking Judges in the Name of National Security

Marjorie Cohn, Jurist Legal News and Research. June 17, 2008.
The Supreme Court's Boumediene ruling shows how delicately the bench is balanced -- and the dark consequences that await if McCain is elected.

Supreme Court to Bush: You Are Not Above the Law, Gitmo Detainees Have Right to Habeas Corpus

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. June 13, 2008.
After a six-year battle that cut to the Constitution's core, a look at how advocates for Gitmo prisoners won a major victory against Bush.

Guantanamo Detainees' Fates on Trial

Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. December 5, 2007.
The upcoming Supreme Court case Boumediene v. Bush will decide whether Guantanamo detainees will still have a right to habeas corpus.

Justice at Stake: Ensuring That Prisoners in the U.S. Are Never 'Disappeared'

Shahid Buttar, AlterNet. July 20, 2007.
Right before the public kicked out the GOP in the 2006 elections, the Republicans succeeded in passing a law that could keep prisoners in the "war on terror" from ever facing a fair trial. It's time to rescind that law.