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1 hr ago | Free Republic

White House: Gitmo transfers mean jobs

Thousands of jobs would be created in Illinois if the U.S. government purchases a nearly empty prison there to house terror detainees, a study indicates.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Chicago Metro, Thomson, IL

9 hrs ago | Washington Times

9/11 defendants eye platform

The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the attorney for one of the defendants said Sunday.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy

Sun Nov 22, 2009

USA Today

Opinionline: Terror trial debate: Justice or circus?

Opinionline Archives Terror trial debate: Justice or circus? What people are saying about Holder decision San Jose Mercury News , in an editorial: "When Attorney General Eric Holder announced last week that accused Sept.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, New York, Terrorism, Opinion

Fox News

House GOPer's Try to Block Detainees from Trial in U.S.

Key House Republicans are determined to keep suspected terrorists currently housed at Guantanamo Bay from coming to the United States for trial and incarceration.

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Related Topix: Prison, US News, US Military Prisons, Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, US Politics

Sat Nov 21, 2009

New York Times

Sept. 11 Defendant Is Said to Want Trial

The five men the Justice Department has said will be charged in the attacks of Sept.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military Prisons, Cuba, World News, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp

New Canaan News-Review

New Canaan's Voices speaks out about terror trial

Ralph Sabbag, 70, said he is angered that alleged Sept. 11 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is set to face trial in New York City.

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Terror trials differ in civilian, military courts

The federal courts and military tribunals that will prosecute suspected terrorists vary sharply in their independence, public stature and use of evidence.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Military Prisons, US Navy, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

Legal Intelligencer

Accused Terrorist's Rights Not Violated by Military Counsel's Removal, Judge Finds

A man accused of conspiring to bomb U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998 will not be allowed to keep the military lawyers assigned to him when he was imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay.

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Related Topix: Prison, Terrorism, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, New York Metro

The Capitol Fax Blog

Sacia explains reasoning behind prison support

Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 * Rep. Jim Sacia represents Thomson, Illinois. Sacia pens a regular column for newspapers in his district, but I thought you might like to read his latest work, which, of course, is about the proposed sale of the Thomson state prison to the feds At the request of Governor Quinn, I, along with Senator Bivins, arrived at ...

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Related Topix: Prison, Thomson, IL, Illinois, State Prisons, Maximum Security

Daily Times

UK court OKs publishing secret torture material

Ethiopian-born Binyam Mohamed claims the US and Britain were complicit in his torture in Pakistan and Morocco, and his lawyers are pressing for Britain to release a seven-paragraph summary of US intelligence files on his detention - a document he claims proves Britain's complicity.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Free Republic

Suicide Pact

This week, while "the most traveled president in history" was on his latest foreign adventure and bowing to Japanese Emperor Akihito, the rest of the O-Team was busy kowtowing to political correctness.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, State Prisons, Prison, Illinois

OfficialWire

Amnesty Blasts Obama's Gitmo Delays

U.S. President Barack Obama needs to explain why there is no sense of urgency to close the prison facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Amnesty International said.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Activism

McClatchy DC

Kentucky GOP Senate candidate Paul tells opponent to 'learn how to read'

Republicans Trey Grayson and Rand Paul exchanged sharp words on the issue of Guantanamo Bay, and Democrats Jack Conway and Daniel Mongiardo squabbled about their alliances with coal.

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Related Topix: US News, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Cuba, World News, US Politics, Ron Paul, Republican, US House of Representatives

Hispanic Business

Obama Talks to Fox News; Feud Over?

Fox News and the Obama administration are back on speaking terms. In a sit-down interview this morning with the cable station's senior White House correspondent, Major Garrett, President Obama said he plans to close down Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba in 2010.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison

Newsday.com

Behind missed Gitmo deadline: No one wants jailees

In this , May 31, 2009 pool file photo reviewed by the U.S. military and shot through a window, a guard wearing a protective face mask speaks with a detainee through a fence as another paces inside the exercise yard at Camp five detention facility on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba .

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, US News, Camp Delta, US Military, US Navy

Thu Nov 19, 2009

WPTY

Congressman defends 'savage religion' comment

An image reviewed by the US military shows a U.S. flag flying above a razorwire-topped fence at the Camp Six detention facility December 10, 2008 on U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, US News, Donald Manzullo, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison

KCBS-TV Los Angeles

AG Holder: Don't Fear Trial Of 9/11 'Coward'

AG Holder: Don't Fear Trial Of 9/11 'Coward' Share + Nov 18, 2009 6:53 am US/Pacific AG Holder: Don't Fear Trial Of 9/11 'Coward' Attorney General Says Fears Of NYC Trial 'Misplaced' - Big Apple Can Handle Khalid Sheikh Mohammed NEW YORK 1 of 3 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is seen in an undated 2001 file photo, left; and he appears in detention in this ...

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Related Topix: Prison, Terrorism, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, US Military, US Navy

Telegraph.co.uk

US treatment of Guantanamo prisoners is not "secret intelligence"

Details about the treatment of Binyam Mohamed, the former Guantanamo detainee, should be released because it is not "secret intelligence," the High Court has ruled.

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Related Topix: US News, Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US Military Prisons

Kansas.com

Jonah Goldberg: This is no way to fight a war on terror

I get where President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder are coming from. They think that if we change our way of life, the terrorists will have won.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Jack Reed, Democrat, Home Listing, Home

FOX News

Time On GOP's Side?

Congressional Republicans are pursuing multiple avenues to block the Obama administration from transferring Guantanamo detainees to the United States, despite a defeat on the issue in the Senate Tuesday afternoon.

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Related Topix: US News, Prison, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Cuba, World News, US Military, US Navy

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