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Opinion: First Amendment lawyer argues for open trials at Guantanamo Bay

donal brown April 19, 2012

The country would be well served if the military judge at Guantanamo Bay would open the tribunals trying terrorism suspects, writes First Amendment lawyer David A. Schulz. Schulz argues that open trials would provide public acceptance of verdicts, accountability for those trying the cases and and democratic oversight. -db From a commentary for The New York Times, April 18, 2012, by David A. Schulz. Full story  

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Protesting priests and nun get no mercy from federal appeals court in trial over protests

donal brown April 16, 2012

The Ninth U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the 1907 Hague Convention did not overrule federal laws forbidding trespassing on government property. The court upheld the convictions of two Catholic priests and an 80-year-old nun who broke into a Seattle naval base to protest the presence of subs carrying nuclear missiles. -db From the Courthouse News Service, April 13, 2012, by Tim Hull. Full story    

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Military judge dodges issue of media access to prison treatment of key terrorist

donal brown April 16, 2012

A military judge delayed ruling on whether the press could have access to testimony about the prison treatment of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri charged with leading the USS Cole bombing in 2000 which killed 17. The CIA admitted waterboarding al-Nashiri and threatening him with a handgun and power drill. -db From the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, April 13, 2012, by Rachel Bunn. Full story  

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Former CIA officer indicted for leaking classified information about Guantanamo interrogations

donal brown April 16, 2012

A former CIA agent has been charged with violating the Espionage Act by leaking classified information on the Guantanamo interrogations to reporters. Ex-CIA agent John Kiriakou worked for the CIA from 1990 to 2004 and is among six government employees charged in recent years with violating the Espionage Act by talking to the media. -db From the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, April 13, 2012, by Andrea Papagianis. Full story    

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