2006.11.13 - PEGC Update
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1) DETAINEE CASES

USCA D.C. Cir. --

November 13, 2006
GOVERNMENT'S SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF ADDRESSING THE MILITARY COMMISSIONS ACT

http://www.pegc.us/archive/In_re_Gitmo/CAD_gov_supp_20061113.pdf


SCOTUSblog --

November 13, 2006
GOVERNMENT SEES CONSTITUTIONAL FIGHT OVER DETAINEE LAW
by Lyle Denniston

http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/2006/11/government_sees_2.html



2) GUANTANAMO BAY

ABC News / AP --

November 8, 2006
NEW LAW MAY ELIMINATE GUANTANAMO PRISONERS' RIGHT TO CHALLENGE DETENTION
By Andrew O. Selsky

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2641646


San Jose Mercury News --

November 8, 2006
RUMSFELD'S RESIGNATION MAY SIGNAL A REFERENDUM ON GUANTANAMO
By Carol Rosenberg

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/15963838.htm


Johns Hopkins / C-SPAN --

November 7, 2006
PRESIDENTIAL POWER IN THE WAR ON TERROR
SAIS (School of Advanced Int'l Studies) Panel

Hamdan and the legal, ethical and policy issues of military tribunals.

Mark Feldman, Johns Hopkins SAIS
Joseph Onek, Open Society Institute
Kenneth Anderson, American U. Washington College of Law
Ruth Wedgwood, Johns Hopkins SAIS (moderator)

WASHINGTON, DC (video, 1 hr 44 mins)

rtsp://video.c-span.org/project/ter/ter110706_power.rm



3) UNITED STATES v. LIBBY

Both sides submitted their proposed jury instructions, Libby responded to the
government's motion in limine, and the Court handed down an opinion rejecting
the governments proposed substituions for classified evidence.

Everything is in this folder:

http://www.pegc.us/archive/US_v_Libby/?M=D



4) NANCY PELOSI

San Francisco Chronicle --

November 9, 2006
PELOSI'S DAY
Speaker-to-be soaks in the reality of making history
By Zachary Coile

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/11/09/MNGBRM8S2M77.DTL


San Francisco Chronicle --

November 8, 2006
PELOSI: LIFETIME COMMITMENT TO POLITICS, DEMOCRATS
By Edward Epstein

[ See also the in-depth Chronicle stories from April in the sdie bar. ]

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/08/MNG8DM7PAK1.DTL


Baltimore Sun  --

November 9, 2006
'BURSTING WITH PRIDE' IN LITTLE ITALY
'Little Nancy' Pelosi and her political family remembered fondly
By Kelly Brewington

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.italy09nov09,0,418778.story



5) OP-ED

San Francisco Chronicle --

November 10, 2006
OK, PLAYTIME IS OVER
By Jon Carroll

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/10/DDGALM59DT1.DTL


The Independent (UK) --

November 6, 2006
THIS WAS A GUILTY VERDICT ON AMERICA AS WELL
By Robert Fisk

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article1959051.ece


Eugene Register-Guard --

November 11, 2006
HONOR VETS BY RECALLING ORIGINAL MEANING OF NOV. 11
By Matthew Dennis

http://www.registerguard.com/news/2006/11/11/ed.col.dennisvetsday.1111.p1.php

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