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Palestinian rivals 'use torture'

added on 2008-07-29 14:00:13 (BBC News | World | UK Edition)

Rival security forces in the West Bank and Gaza are accused of torturing detainees in reports by human rights groups. ...more.

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Mukasey Asks Congress to Write New Rules on Detainees

added on 2008-07-22 09:30:31 (Washington Post - Politics)

Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey this morning urged lawmakers to step into the debate over how the U.S. legal system should handle claims by detainees at the U.S. naval facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, beseeching Congress to help answer difficult questions about the rights that should be... ...more.

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Post-9/11 Dragnet Turns Up Surprises

added on 2008-07-06 09:30:16 (Washington Post - Politics)

In the six-and-a-half years that the U.S. government has been fingerprinting insurgents, detainees and ordinary people in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Horn of Africa, hundreds have turned out to share an unexpected background, FBI and military officials said. They have criminal arrest records in the... ...more.

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Bush Policy Authors Defend Their Actions

added on 2008-07-06 09:30:32 (Washington Post - Politics)

Two key architects of the Bush administration's controversial interrogation policies defended their legal positions yesterday, sparring with House Democrats over whether discredited Justice Department opinions led to mistreatment of military and CIA detainees. ...more.

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Bush Speaks at Walter Reed Medical Center Groundbreaking Ceremony

added on 2008-07-06 09:30:21 (Washington Post - Politics)

MIKE EMANUEL, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: President Bush told me that he finds that Supreme Court ruling very disappointing. The White House has warned one consequence of the ruling is that detainees could be freed here in the U.S. if a judge determines there's not enough evidence to hold them. Now, the pre... ...more.

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