Tag Archives: Gitmo

Gitmo Hunger Strike

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Synova

According to Talk Left, anyhow. It seems that conditions have deteriorated so badly that a large number of inmates have begun a hunger strike. They are dragged forcefully from their cells, strapped to chairs for hours to be force fed, … Continue reading →

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Method Music

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Lee

Bassist Steve Benton of the aptly named metal band Drowning Pool, is pleased to learn his music is used as a torture device by military interrogators at Guantanamo Bay.

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A Separate Cause on Gitmo

Posted on November 17, 2008 by Lee

In commenting on Barack Obama’s renewed pledge to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, Con Coughlin observes that most of the assembled army of Al Qaeda jihadists currently confined there would likely be released for lack of evidence, if the … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs | Tagged 9/11, al Qaeda, Barack Obama, Con Coughlin, Coughlin, court system, cynicism, Daily Telegraph, Europe, Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, jihadists, President Obama, security risks, Terrorism, terrorists, trial, Western Europe | Leave a comment

Boumediene — The Great Sandbagging

Posted on June 13, 2008 by MichaelW

UPDATE: Welcome QandO readers. Please look around after you’ve finished with this post, but McQ says you have to go back over to QandO when you’re done … but I won’t tell if you won’t. _____________________________________________________________ The recent Supreme Court … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs, Law, MichaelW's Page, Military Matters, Notes on the war | Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, Boumediene, CSRT, detainees, Gitmo, GTMO, Guantanamo Bay, habeas corpus, Hamdi, Iraq, Law, September 11, U.S. Supreme Court, war | 7 Comments

Doing Their Dirty Work

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Joshua Foust

How many of you were as excited to find out we were torturing or helping out the torture of China’s non-terrorist-but-oppressed Uighurs? That line about releasing all Uighurs despite their status as a dangerous threat is extra-rich, too: why release … Continue reading →

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