2008.05.22 - PEGC Update
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1) THE FBI REPORT

New York Times --

May 20, 2008
REPORT DETAILS COMPLAINTS OVER INTERROGATIONS
by Eric Lichtblau and Scott Shane

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/washington/20cnd-detain.html

* DOJ Inspector General report (PDF 29MB):

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/washington/20080521_DETAIN_report.pdf


Los Angeles Times --

May 20, 2008
FBI AGENTS OBJECTED TO MILITARY'S 9/11 INTERROGATIONS, AUDIT FINDS
by Richard B. Schmitt

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-fbi21-2008may21,0,2796278.story


Newsweek --

May 20, 2008
'BORDERLINE TORTURE'
A new Justice Department reports faults the CIA's
handling of prisoner interrogation.
by Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball

http://www.newsweek.com/id/138000


Washington Post --

May 22, 2008
INTERROGATION TACTICS WERE CHALLENGED AT WHITE HOUSE
by Carrie Johnson and Josh White

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR2008052102668.html



2) GUANTANAMO BAY

Miami Herald --

May 17, 2008
JUDGE DELAYS WAR-CRIMES TRIAL FOR SUPREME COURT
by Carol Rosenberg

http://www.miamiherald.com/guantanamo/story/536585.html


Miami Herald --

May 10, 2008
WAR COURT JUDGE BARS GENERAL FROM COMMISSIONS CASE
by Carol Rosenberg

http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/528419.html


DoD --

May 9, 2008
U.S. v. Hamdan (military commission)
RULING ON MOTION TO DISMISS (UNLAWFUL INFLUENCE)

http://nimj.org/documents/Hamdan%20Hartmann%20Ruling.pdf


New York Times --

May 11, 2008
JUDGE'S GUANTANAMO RULING BODES ILL FOR SYSTEM
by William Glaberson

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/washington/11gitmo.html


SCOTUSblog --

May 8, 2008
KHADR CASE COMPLEXITY DEEPENS
by Lyle Denniston

http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/khadr-case-complexity-deepens/

May 9, 2008
NEW REVIEW FOR BISMULLAH
by Lyle Denniston

http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/new-review-for-bismullah/


The Daily Mail (UK) --

May 4, 2008
GREETINGS FROM GUANTANAMO BAY...
AND THE SICKEST SOUVENIR SHOP IN THE WORLD
by Angela Levin

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=563791&in_page_id=1811



3) JOHN YOO

Esquire --

May 13, 2008
IS JOHN YOO A MONSTER?
by John H. Richardson

http://www.esquire.com/features/john-yoo-0608


Esquire --

May 12, 2008
JOHN YOO: IN HIS OWN WORDS
John H. Richardson's transcript of his interviews with John Yoo.

http://www.esquire.com/features/john-yoo


Balkinization --

May 1, 2008
JOHN YOO AND THE JUSTICE CASE
by Kevin Jon Heller

http://balkin.blogspot.com/2008/05/john-yoo-and-justice-case.html



4) MISCELLANEY

The New Yorker --

April 28, 2008
STATE SECRETS
A government misstep in a wiretapping case.
by Patrick Radden Keefe

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/04/28/080428fa_fact_keefe?printable=true


Harper's --

April 24, 2008
QUESTIONS FOR ERROL MORRIS
by W.J.T. Mitchell

http://harpers.org/archive/2008/04/hbc-90002873


UNAMA (UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan) --

May 15, 2008
PRESS CONFERENCE BY PROF. PHILIP ALSTON, UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
ON EXTRAJUDICIAL, SUMMARY OR ARBITRARY EXECUTIONS

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LSGZ-7ENDJ3?OpenDocument



5) OP-ED

National Security Advisors --

May 20, 2008
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL GETS IT WRONG
by David Glazier

http://natseclaw.typepad.com/natseclaw/2008/05/the-wall-street.html


Harper's --

May 20, 2008
WHY DOES THE WALL STREET JOURNAL HATE AMERICA?
by Scott Horton

http://harpers.org/archive/2008/05/hbc-90002965


Jurist --

April 29, 2008
THE DOJ AND THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS: GETTING RIGHTS WRONG
by Jordan Paust

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/forumy/2008/04/doj-and-geneva-conventions-getting.php


Global Research --

April 22, 2008
JOHN YOO: THE PRESIDENT'S EXECUTIONER
by Jennifer Van Bergen

http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8771


Balkinization --

April 24, 2008
THE TORTURE PAPERS
by Marty Lederman

http://balkin.blogspot.com/2008/04/torture-papers.html


New York Times --

May 22, 2008
What the F.B.I. Agents Saw 
Editorial 

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/22/opinion/22thu1.html

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