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22.02.2010, 10:21 11 comments

“Obama’s promises of change have atrophied”

RT has interviewed Kristine Huskey, a lawyer for Gitmo detainees, on what makes a beautiful woman quit her modeling career, go to law school and eventually represent the interests of so-called “terrorists”.

21.05.2010, 18:07 11 comments

Drawing attention to Mohammed

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11.09.2010, 23:24 7 comments

Give us back our privacy

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06.02.2010, 05:39 5 comments

Death sentences without trial – a possibility for US citizens

Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair has confirmed US forces are authorized to kill American citizens abroad.

28.05.2010, 15:33 7 comments

As Obama moves against homegrown terrorists, it’s time to read the fine print

The president's national security strategy focuses the big security guns on homegrown terrorism, but some observers fear the new program will ride roughshod over democratic terrain.

27.08.2009, 21:21 3 comments

CIA interrogators to form special task force

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18.09.2009, 22:34 3 comments

Broken promise: Obama to reauthorize Patriot Act?

The Obama administration has announced its support of renewing three parts of the U.S. Patriot Act that expire at the end of the year. RT’s Priya Sridhar speaks to analyst Nicole Kardell about key issues in the act.

U.S. base of Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan 25.03.2010, 09:22 3 comments

US plans to create another Guantanamo in Afghanistan

The US is considering holding international terror suspects at its Bagram airbase in Afghanistan. If approved, the facility north of Kabul could essentially become a new Guantanamo Bay.

(Photo: Bud Korotzer / NLN) 28.04.2010, 06:28 1 comment

Guilty plea of alleged Al-Qaeda accomplice under question

A Pakistani-born American student has pleaded guilty to charges of helping Al-Qaeda just two days before his trial in New York was to start.

16.04.2009, 21:18 2 comments

"Preserve torture sites," ACLU urges

Obama should preserve torture sites so that the evidence was available to prosecutors, says Christopher Anders from the American Civil Liberties Union.

Obama slowed down moving detainees from Gitmo

Published: 28 September, 2009, 23:21


Cuba, Guantanamo (AFP Photo / Pool / Brennan Linsley)

Christopher Anders from the American Civil Liberties Union notes that during the final year of the Bush administration, detainees were moved more quickly from Guantanamo Bay than in the previous 8 months.

 
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