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Agence France PresseJune 10, 2009.
At a Senate hearing Tuesday, Feingold said that holding suspects indefinitely must not be 'enshrined as acceptable in our system of justice.'
Willam Fisher, IPS News. May 14, 2009.
Two factors reportedly led to Obama's U-turn: objections from military brass and the president's upcoming speech in Egypt.
John Byrne, Raw Story. May 6, 2009.
In all, 98 detainees have died while in U.S. hands, with 34 identified as homicides, at least eight of which were tortured to death.
Carol Burke, AlterNet. February 3, 2009.
U.S. contractors want to hand over their Iraqi translators' personal data to Iraqi officials. The results could be deadly.
