2009.02.23 - PEGC Update ========================== 1) THE DETAINEE CASES The Guantanamo Blog -- February 21, 2009 WINDOW DRESSING by Candace Gorman http://gtmoblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/window-dressing.html The Talking Dog -- February 20, 2009 TD BLOG INTERVIEW WITH DARREL VANDEVELD http://thetalkingdog.com/archives2/001262.html Cageprisoners -- February 23, 2009 ABU QATADA: LAW LORDS AND GOVERNMENT ENDORSE TORTURE by Andy Worthington http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=28097 February 22, 2009 BINYAM MOHAMED'S COMING HOME FROM GUANTANAMO, AS TORTURE ALLEGATIONS MOUNT by Andy Worthington http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=28078 New York Times -- February 20, 2009 DoD STUDY FINDS GUANTANAMO MEETS GENEVA RULES by William Glaberson http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/21/us/21gitmo.html Washington Post -- February 20, 2009 [Binyam Mohammed] TO BE SENT TO BRITAIN, SOURCE SAYS by Peter Finn and Julie Tate http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/19/AR2009021903028.html The New Yorker -- February 23, 2009 THE HARD CASES Will Obama institute a new kind of preventive detention for terrorist suspects? by Jane Mayer http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/02/23/090223fa_fact_mayer Harper's -- February 19, 2009 SIX QUESTIONS FOR KAREN GREENBERG, AUTHOR OF THE LEAST WORST PLACE by Scott Horton http://harpers.org/archive/2009/02/hbc-90004423 Washington Post -- February 16, 2009 4 CASES ILLUSTRATE GUANTANAMO QUANDARIES by Peter Finn http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/15/AR2009021501955.html Associated Press -- February 14, 2009 FORMER GITMO GUARD RECALLS ABUSE, CLIMATE OF FEAR by Mike Melia http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090214/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_guantanamo_prison_guard Cageprisoners -- February 11, 2009 INTERVIEW WITH FORMER GUANTANAMO GUARD TERRY C. HOLDBROOKS JR. http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=27892 Los Angels Times -- February 11, 2009 SOLICITOR GENERAL NOMINEE SAYS 'ENEMY COMBATANTS' CAN BE HELD WITHOUT TRIAL by David G. Savage http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-solicitor-general11-2009feb11,0,7158432.story 2) PHIL CARTER TO OVERSEE DoD DETAINEE POLICY AttAckerman -- February 19, 2009 PASS THE TORCH by Spencer Ackerman http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/02/19/pass-the-torch/ Washington Independent -- February 19, 2009 FROM JUNIOR OFFICERS TO SENIOR OFFICIALS By Spencer Ackerman http://washingtonindependent.com/30723/from-junior-officers-to-senior-officials Foreign Policy -- February 18, 2009 NAMES: PENTAGON by Laura Rozen http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/02/18/names_pentagon 3) TORTURE International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) -- February 16, 2009 REPORT: LEADING JURISTS CALL FOR URGENT STEPS TO RESTORE HUMAN RIGHTS IN EFFORTS TO COUNTER TERRORISM http://www.icj.org/news.php3?id_article=4453&lang=en Washington Post -- February 17, 2009 JUDGES: TORTURE, ABUSES UNDERMINE VALUES IN US & UK by Kevin Sullivan http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/17/AR2009021700506.html Consortiumnews.com -- February 15, 2009 TORTURE REPORT ERODES BUSH'S DEFENSE by Jason Leopold http://www.consortiumnews.com/2009/021509b.html Newsweek -- February 14, 2009 A TORTURE REPORT COULD SPELL BIG TROUBLE FOR BUSH LAWYERS by Michael Isikoff http://www.newsweek.com/id/184801 The Guardian (UK) -- February 16, 2009 MILIBAND FACES NEW 'TORTURE COVER-UP' STORM by Richard Norton-Taylor http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/feb/16/miliband-torture-us-guantanamo USA Today -- February 12, 2009 POLL: MOST WANT INQUIRY INTO ANTI-TERROR TACTICS by Jill Lawrence http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-02-11-investigation-poll_N.htm The Atlantic -- February 10, 2009 WHY THEY KEPT SECRET by Marc Ambinder http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/02/considered_in_light_of_the.php Balkinization -- February 10, 2009 YOU COVER IT UP, YOU OWN IT by David Luban http://balkin.blogspot.com/2009/02/you-cover-it-up-you-own-it.html 4) OP-ED Harper's -- February 20, 2009 OUR VOYAGE TO BROBDINGNAG by Scott Horton http://harpers.org/archive/2009/02/hbc-90004433 Jurist -- February 17, 2009 OBAMA ADMINISTRATION MUST DEFINE 'ENEMY COMBATANT' CONSISTENT WITH TRADITIONAL LAWS OF WAR by Gabor Rona http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/hotline/2009/02/obama-administration-must-define-enemy.php The Future of Freedom Foundation -- February 23, 2009 OBAMA’S "HUMANE" GUANTANAMO IS A BITTER JOKE http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/02/23/obamas-humane-guantanamo-is-a-bitter-joke/ February 16, 2009 GUANTANAMO: LIES, DAMNED LIES AND STATISTICS by Andy Worthington http://www.fff.org/comment/com0902g.asp The Atlantic -- February 15, 2009 YOO, BYBEE, BRADBURY: TICK, TOCK by Andrew Sullivan http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/02/yoo-bybee-bradb.html * * * PROJECT TO ENFORCE THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS (PEGC) http://www.pegc.us PEGC Blog http://pegc.blogspot.com/ Charles B. Gittings Jr. Fort Bragg, California cbgittingsyahoo.com +1-707-964-2151