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Obama's Tragic Guantanamo Legacy: Prosecuting a Child Soldier and Victim of U.S. Torture

Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog. May 4, 2010.

For years, a rigged judicial system has failed to prosecute Omar Khadr, just 15 when he was captured by the U.S. Why does Obama continue this miscarriage of justice?

Former Bush General Defends DADT: "Gays Can Serve In the Military; They Just Can't Serve Openly"

Faiz Shakir, ThinkProgress. October 12, 2009.

In his speech to the Human Rights Campaign this weekend, President Obama pledged to "end" Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

Who Ordered the Torture of Abu Zubaydah?

Andy Worthington, AlterNet. April 26, 2009.

If the torture of the first "high-value detainee" was authorized by the Bybee memos, who ordered his torture 18 weeks before they were written?

New Book Alleges Bush Lawyers "Hoodwinked" Military Chief Into Allowing Gitmo Torture

David Frueh, Jurist Legal News and Research. April 22, 2008.

General Richard Myers was duped by Donald Rumsfeld, who waved through torture techniques pushed by Alberto Gonzales and others.