Detention

06/13/2007
Detention

Can You Limbo?

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 12:21pm
Anthony Shadid at the Post unpacks the story of one detainee, granted release more than a year ago, who remains a guest at Gitmo's maximum security Camp Six because of confusion over his citizenship.
In the legal netherworld that the U.S. military detentio
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06/12/2007
Detention

Al-Marri v. Wright

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 2:00pm
As promised, I read the (80+ page) al-Marri decision last night. Let me give you the download. First, it's important to note that the decision came on a petition of habeas corpus from Mr. al-Marri against the custodian of the Naval brig in South Carolina. This is one of the rare occasions where a court actually grants a "Tower of London"-
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06/11/2007
Detention

US Resident Enemy Combatant Wins in 4th Cir.

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 2:19pm
This is huge. More soon...
"The President cannot eliminate constitutional protections with the stroke of a pen by proclaiming a civilian, even a criminal civilian, an enemy combatant subject to indefinite military detention," the judge continued. "Put simply, the Constitution does not allow the President to order the military to seize civilians residing wi
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06/11/2007
Detention

CSM on Asylum in Albania

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 2:00pm
True story of Gitmo detainee sent to Albania, and granted asylum at request of US. From the Christian Science Monitor:
An Algerian national, Muhammad was living in Pakistan – where he says he was working as a teacher for a nongovernmental organization – when police cam
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06/11/2007
Detention

Gates on Closing the Gates

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 11:24am
It's the talk of the town; the one story that's gotten major play off the Sunday shows yesterday is Secretary Powell's (I believe cabinet secretaries retain the honorific even after leaving office) strong endorsement of Gitmo closure and the transfer of the detainees to the civilian courts. Walter Pincus---part of the old guard of the Pentagon and national secu
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06/11/2007
Detention

Gitmo Stanches Liberty Drive?

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 9:50am
06/11/2007
Detention

Powell Video

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 9:34am
06/10/2007
Detention

So What, Indeed!

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 8:37pm
My apologies for not posting this sooner; I've been out of pocket on this relatively fine Sunday. In any event, former Secretary (and General) Colin Powell spoke out strongly in favor of both habeas restoration and moving the Gitmo detainees into the civilian judicial system. His remarks came in response to a question about the letter he wrote to Se
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06/10/2007
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Habeas Sightings: Nashville, TN

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 2:18pm
A man named Stan sent us the following email from the country music capital of the world – Nashville:
The biggest part of our history here in Nashville is the music: country, jazz, gospel, you name it. If it wasn’t born here, you can be pretty sure it at least stopped and stayed for a spell. Now I hear this Habea
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06/08/2007
Detention

Way to Go John Edwards Blog!

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 3:37pm
Check out this sweet entry on the John Edwards '08 blog. The bottom line:
Get involved. Our Collective Soul depends upon it. And just remember, when we do this, we are adhering to the essence of what John Edwards said when he said, "We are keeping faith with America. Because we are better than this. We are better than this. We
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