2008.07.27 - PEGC Update
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1) THE DETAINEE CASES

Balkinization --

July 26, 2008
MUKASEY, AL-MARRI, AND THE VEXING QUESTION OF INDEFINITE MILITARY DETENTION 
by Marty Lederman

http://balkin.blogspot.com/2008/07/mukasey-al-marri-and-vexing-question-of.html


SCOTUSblog --

July 26, 2008
SHARP DISPUTE OVER SHAPE OF DETAINEE CASES
by Lyle Denniston

http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/sharp-dispute-over-shape-of-detainee-cases/

July 25, 2008
US FILES FIRST APPEAL IN NEW DETAINEE CASES
by Lyle Denniston

http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/us-files-first-appeal-in-new-detainee-cases/

July 22, 2008
ANALYSIS: IS BISMULLAH RULING A DEAD LETTER?
by Lyle Denniston

http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/analysis-is-bismullah-ruling-a-dead-letter/

July 21, 2008
MUKASEY: CURB COURTS' POWERS ON DETAINEES
by Lyle Denniston

http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/mukasey-curb-courts-powers-on-detainees/


DOJ --

July 21, 2008
REMARKS BY ATTORNEY GENERAL MICHAEL B. MUKASEY
TO THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE

http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/speeches/2008/ag-speech-0807213.html


USDC D.D.C. --

HAMDAN v. GATES, Civil Action No. 04-1519 (JR)

July 17, 2008
MEMORANDUM ORDER

https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2004cv1519-108



2) TORTURE

Washington Post --

July 25, 2008
HOW TO GET AWAY WITH TORTURE
By Dan Froomkin

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/07/25/BL2008072501405.html


Harper's --

July 21, 2008
THE MISDIRECTION
By Scott Horton

http://harpers.org/archive/2008/07/hbc-90003281


Consortiumnews.com --

July 19, 2008
'JUSTIFYING' TORTURE: TWO BIG LIES
By Coleen Rowley and Ray McGovern

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/071808e.html


Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel --

July 17, 2008
WHERE'S THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT WHEN WE NEED IT?
Torture As Official US Policy
by Stephen Lendman

http://baltimorechronicle.com/2008/071808Lendman.shtml



3) OP-ED

National Post (Canada) --

July 22, 2008
GUANTANAMO JUSTICE
by Milan Markovic 

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=670416


The Nation --

July 18, 2008
NINE REASONS TO INVESTIGATE WAR CRIMES NOW 
by Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080804/brecher_smith

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