2006.02.15 - PEGC Update
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1) HAMDAN v. RUMSFELD

Supreme Court --

February 15, 2006
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, No. 05-184
On Writ of Certiorari to the USCA D.C. Cir.
PETITIONER’S SURREPLY REGARDING RESPONDENTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS

http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/HamdanSurreply(final).pdf


SCOTUSblog --

February 15, 2006
A FINAL MOVE TO SAVE HAMDAN'S APPEAL
by Lyle Denniston

http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/2006/02/a_final_move_to.html#comments



2) GUANTANAMO BAY

The National Journal --

"If you think of the people down there, these are people, all of whom were
captured on a battlefield. They're terrorists, trainers, bomb makers,
recruiters, financiers, [Osama bin Laden's] bodyguards, would-be suicide
bombers, probably the 20th 9/11 hijacker."

-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, June 27, 2005

February 3, 2006
EMPTY EVIDENCE
By Corine Hegland

http://nationaljournal.com/about/njweekly/stories/2006/0203nj4.htm

February 3, 2006
GUANTANAMO'S GRIP
By Corine Hegland

http://nationaljournal.com/about/njweekly/stories/2006/0203nj1.htm

February 3, 2006
WHO IS AT GUANTANAMO BAY
By Corine Hegland

http://nationaljournal.com/about/njweekly/stories/2006/0203nj2.htm


The Washington Monthly --

February 15, 2006
DIGGING INTO GUANTANAMO....
By Kevin Drum

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2006_02/008230.php


The Quando Blog --

February 9, 2006
MORE ON THE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
by Dale Franks

http://www.qando.net/Details.aspx?Entry=3408


The Guardian (UK) --

February 14, 2006
OUT OF SIGHT
by Clive Stafford Smith

http://www.guardian.co.uk/guantanamo/story/0,,1709314,00.html


Variety --

February 14, 2006
THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO (U.K.)
By Deborah Young

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117929622?categoryid=1263&cs=1

A Revolution Films production in association with Screen West Midlands.
(International sales: The Works Intl., London.) Produced by Andrew Eaton,
Melissa Parmenter. Co-produced by Shahryar Shahbazzadeh. Directed by Michael
Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross. Screenplay, uncredited.



3) JENNIFER HARBURY

August 25, 2005
JENNIFER K. HARBURY KNOWS AMERICAN TORTURE
STARTS AT THE TOP, AND IT HAS FOR DECADES
A Buzzflash Interview

http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/05/08/int05036.html


TRUTH, TORTURE, AND THE AMERICAN WAY
THE HISTORY AND CONSEQUENCES OF U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN TORTURE
By Jennifer K. Harbury

Beacon Press, 240 pages, Paperback, $14.00 U.S.
September 2005, ISBN 0-8070-0307-7

http://www.beacon.org/catalogs/f05/harbury.html


KUCI (Irvine) --

Weekly Signals
Mike Kaspar & Nathan Callahan Interviews

http://www.weeklysignals.com/audioarchives.html

* Interviews the Jennifer Harbury, Seymour Hersh, and others.



4) UPCOMING SEMINAR

Harvard U. --

INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW AND CURRENT CONFLICTS:
NEW CHALLENGES AND DILEMMAS

Co-sponsored by The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),
and The Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR)

Five days of operational training and comprehensive instruction on IHL, combined
with expert presentations and discussions of challenges for the law in recent
conflicts.

http://www.ihlresearch.org/ihl/seminar/


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PROJECT TO ENFORCE THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS (PEGC)

http://www.justicescholars.org/pegc/

Charles B. Gittings Jr.
Fort Bragg, California

+1-707-964-2151

cbgittings<at>yahoo.com