AP is reporting that the Khadr detainee trial will begin again 18 October. Here is an interesting Washington Post opinion piece about some contractors in Iraq. THE ALLEGATIONS are sadly familiar by now: The men were picked up by U.S. military forces, locked in tiny cells, deprived of sleep, and…
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Up periscope
From on the road. Marine Corps Times has this survey. Does “drop and give me 20” cut it? Or does he warrant a tougher punishment — maybe standing at parade rest for hours at a time, or spending all night cleaning the barracks? Or would that be considered hazing? Military.com…
Gitmo cases
Guantanamo Bay Detainees in the Courts, an eBook by Leagle.com. Legal experts will analyze the Guantanamo Bay detainee cases for decades to come, but presented here are the court opinions themselves, unedited and in their entirety, so that readers can review a court’s reasoning firsthand, unfiltered and without bias. The…
Former Gitmo prosecutor released from CRS employment
Washington Post reports that Col Morris Davis will be released at the end of his probationary period with Congressional Research Service because of recent media pieces. In the Nov. 10 Journal article, Davis wrote that Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.’s decision to use both federal court and military commissions…