2006.03.14 - PEGC Update ========================== 1) GUANTANAMO BAY This American Life -- March 10, 2006 HABEAS SCHMABEAS: STORIES FROM GUANTANAMO [ Real audio 1:03 ] http://thisamericanlife.org/ra/310_bonus.ram Democracy NOW! -- March 14, 2006 * MOAZZAM BEGG DESCRIBES ABUSE AT BAGRAM AND GUANTANAMO AND WITNESSING THE KILLING OF TWO FELLOW DETAINEES http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/14/1456229 * BRITISH HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER GARETH PEIRCE AND "ENEMY COMBATANT" CO-AUTHOR VICTORIA BRITTAIN BLAST US PRISON AT GUANTANAMO BAY http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/14/1456236 SCOTUSblog -- March 10, 2006 ANALYSIS: THE NEXT CHALLENGE BY DETAINEES By Lyle Denniston http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/2006/03/the_next_challe.html That report includes the following links for D.C. Cir. filings... * Supplemental Brief of Boumedienne and Khalid on DTA §1005: http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/Boumed.pdf * Guantanamo Detainees Second Supplemental Brief on DTA: http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/AlOdah.pdf * Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) amicus brief: http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/SenatorLevinAmicusBrief.pdf * Habeas scholars amicus brief: http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/HabeasScholars.pdf * Legal scholars amicus brief: http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/Legalscholars.pdf JURIST -- March 6, 2006 NO HABEAS AT GUANTANAMO? THE EXECUTIVE AND THE DUBIOUS TALE OF THE DTA By Ian Wallach http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/forumy/2006/03/no-habeas-at-guantanamo-executive-and.php New York Times -- March 6, 2006 VOICES BAFFLED, BRASH AND IRATE IN GUANTANAMO By Tim Golden http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/06/international/americas/06gitmo.html Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) -- March 10, 2006 OVER 250 MEDICAL LEADERS CONDEMN BRUTAL FORCE-FEEDING METHODS AT GUANTANAMO http://www.phrusa.org/research/torture/news_2006-03-10.html The Lancet -- March 11, 2006 FORCEFEEDING AND RESTRAINT OF GUANTANAMO BAY HUNGER STRIKERS David J Nicholl, Holly G Atkinson, John Kalk, William Hopkins, Elwyn Elias, Adnan Siddiqui, Ronald E Cranford and Oliver Sacks, on behalf of 255 other doctors [ The Lancet 2006; 367:811 ] http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606683268/fulltext The Independent (UK) -- March 12, 2006 BRITAIN AND US IN TALKS OVER CLOSING GUANTANAMO BAY By Severin Carrell http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article350765.ece Newsday / AP -- March 13, 2006 AP FILES LAWSUIT SEEKING DOCUMENTS OF ALL GUANTANAMO DETAINEES By Larry Neumeister http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--guantanamodetaine0313mar13,0,7007934.story 2) IRAQ TomDispatch -- March 9, 2006 IRAQ'S SOVEREIGNTY VACUUM By Michael Schwartz 1 - A GOVERNMENT WITH NO MILITARY AND NO TERRITORY http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?emx=x&pid=66969 2 - THE CAMPAIGN TO PACIFY SUNNI IRAQ http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?emx=x&pid=67354 The Telegraph (UK) -- March 12, 2006 SAS SOLDIER QUITS ARMY IN DISGUST AT 'ILLEGAL' AMERICAN TACTICS IN IRAQ By Sean Rayment http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/12/nsas12.xml * More... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/12/nsas112.xml New York Times -- March 11, 2006 SYMBOL OF ABU GHRAIB SEEKS TO SPARE OTHERS HIS NIGHTMARE By Hassan M. Fattah http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/11/international/middleeast/11ghraib.html Washington Post / AP -- March 11, 2006 ARMY REBUKES CONGRESSIONAL AIDE FOR ABU GHRAIB ROLE http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/10/AR2006031001846.html Democracy NOW! -- March 7th, 2006 LAWLESS WORLD: BUSH CONSIDERED FLYING US SPY PLANES PAINTED WITH UN COLORS OVER IRAQ TO PROVOKE WAR Amy Goodman interviews Philippe Sands http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/07/1442243 3) NSA ETC Balkinization -- March 9, 2006 A THOROUGH DEBUNKING OF THE "STATUTORY" ARGUMENT FOR THE NSA SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM - BUT ALAS, CONGRESS DOESN'T CARE By Marty Lederman http://balkin.blogspot.com/2006/03/thorough-debunking-of-stat_114195035963469598.html Secrecy News -- March 10, 2006 CIA ON THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF by Steven Aftergood http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2006/03/cia_on_the_presidents_daily_br.html 4) OP-ED The Guardian (UK) -- March 13, 2006 FORMER TOP JUDGE SAYS US RISKS EDGING NEAR TO DICTATORSHIP · Sandra Day O'Connor warns of rightwing attacks · Lawyers 'must speak up' to protect judiciary By Julian Borger http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1729396,00.html San Francisco Chronicle -- March 10, 2006 THE PROBLEM WITH LYING CONSTANTLY by Jon Carroll http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/10/DDGU9GJ5HJ1.DTL Village Voice -- March 3rd, 2006 GITMO: THE WORST OF THE WORST? by Nat Hentoff http://villagevoice.com/news/0610,hentoff,72399,6.html New York Times -- March 8, 2006 THEY CAME FOR THE CHICKEN FARMER Editorial http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/08/opinion/08wed1.html The Telegraph (UK) -- March 12, 2006 THE FATAL DIVIDE AT THE HEART OF THE COALITION By Max Hastings http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/03/12/do1201.xml CounterPunch -- March 11, 2006 WHY DID BUSH DESTROY IRAQ? By Paul Craig Roberts http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts03112006.html * * * PROJECT TO ENFORCE THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS (PEGC) http://www.justicescholars.org/pegc/ Charles B. Gittings Jr. Fort Bragg, California +1-707-964-2151 cbgittingsyahoo.com