http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security en http://www.aclu.org/blog/human-rights-national-security/it-time-join-rest-world-omar-khadr-and-convention-rights-child Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the most comprehensive treaty on children's rights. The convention has been ratified by nearly every country in the world, except the United States. The convention would fill current gaps in U.S. law, and provide all children in America with the same robust protections that children in 193 countries are already entitled to.

]]> http://www.aclu.org/blog/human-rights-national-security/it-time-join-rest-world-omar-khadr-and-convention-rights-child#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:53:00 -0500 suzanne_ito 20331 at http://www.aclu.org http://www.aclu.org/blog/human-rights-national-security/maintaining-status-quo (Originally posted on Daily Kos.)

]]> http://www.aclu.org/blog/human-rights-national-security/maintaining-status-quo#comments Close Gitmo Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:15:00 -0500 suzanne_ito 20319 at http://www.aclu.org http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/tuesday-brings-good-yes-good-guantanamo-news-congress Earlier this afternoon, the Senate voted to table (a fancy word for defeating) an amendment that was proposed by Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) to the military construction appropriations bill. The Inhofe Amendment would have prohibited the Department of Defense from using any funds under the bill to modify or construct any facilities in the U.S.

]]> http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/tuesday-brings-good-yes-good-guantanamo-news-congress#comments Close Gitmo Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:28:00 -0500 suzanne_ito 20286 at http://www.aclu.org http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/gitmo-illinois Over the weekend, an unnamed White House official leaked word that the under-used Thomson Maximum Security Correction Center in Carroll County, Illinois, 150-miles west of Chicago, could be the new home of some of the remaining 200-plus prisoners at Gitmo. The Chicago Tribune reports:

]]> http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/gitmo-illinois#comments Close Gitmo Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:37:00 -0500 suzanne_ito 20268 at http://www.aclu.org http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/secretary-gates-says-americans-should-not-see-torture-photos Late Friday night, the government filed a brief in which Secretary of Defense Robert Gates purportedly invoked his authority to block the release of photos depicting the abuse of detainees in U.S. custody overseas. The development came in our five-year-old lawsuit for the release of records, including photographs, related to the abuse of prisoners.

]]> http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/secretary-gates-says-americans-should-not-see-torture-photos#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:23:00 -0500 suzanne_ito 20264 at http://www.aclu.org http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/christmas-comes-early-eff-gets-faa-document-dump Hey, remember the fight around updating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act? Also known as the FISA Amendments Act? Also known as one of the biggest legislative and legal battles we’ve ever had over surveillance?

]]> http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/christmas-comes-early-eff-gets-faa-document-dump#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:09:00 -0500 suzanne_ito 20246 at http://www.aclu.org http://www.aclu.org/blog/human-rights-national-security/what-about-khadr With today's announcement that the Justice Department will move five of the men accused of 9/11 crimes to federal court in New York, the question still remains about one of the other high-profile detainees: Omar Khadr.

]]> http://www.aclu.org/blog/human-rights-national-security/what-about-khadr#comments Close Gitmo Omar Khadr Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:40:00 -0500 suzanne_ito 20244 at http://www.aclu.org http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/victory-rule-law-kind Earlier today, Attorney General Eric Holder officially announced that the five defendants represented by the John Adams Project who have been charged in the 9/11 attacks will be tried in federal court, rather than in the unconstitutional Guantánamo military commissions.

]]> http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/victory-rule-law-kind#comments Close Gitmo Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:45:00 -0500 suzanne_ito 20243 at http://www.aclu.org http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/911-families-ask-true-justice A new ACLU video features family members of 9/11 victims calling for federal trials of terrorism suspects.

]]> http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/911-families-ask-true-justice#comments Close Gitmo Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:38:00 -0500 suzanne_ito 20240 at http://www.aclu.org http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/close-it-right-guantanamo-must-be-shut-down-quickly-and-properly (Originally posted on Huffington Post.)

]]> http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/close-it-right-guantanamo-must-be-shut-down-quickly-and-properly#comments Close Gitmo Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:05:00 -0500 suzanne_ito 20204 at http://www.aclu.org