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A new report alleges human rights violations at Tacoma's federal immigration facility. KUOW'S Jason Pagano has more.

Guantanamo Bay Detainees, Torturing, America's Policy Toward Detainees and The Invasion of Iraq

PlusJudge to Bush Admin.: Guantanamo Is Top PriorityJudge to Bush Admin.: Guantanamo Is Top PriorityThe Associated PressA federal judge overseeing Guantanamo Bay lawsuits ordered the Justice Department to put other cases aside and make it clear throughout the Bush administration that the detainees must have their day in court. (July 8)(gitmo file) It was a long in coming SOT: Susan Baker Manning, Center for Constitutional Rights 18:47:010 "The vast majority of men being held at Guantanamo have had cases pending for years upon years and until today have never had a day in court" (Scotus exterior) after last month's Supreme Court ruling that opened courthouse doors to Guantanamo detainees (more detainee file) a Washington judge hosted the first ever hearing over whether they're being held lawfully (group of lawyers 18:48:11) something the detainees lawyers say the Bush administration hoped would never happen SOT: Shayana Kadidal, Center for Constitutional Rights 18:41:22 "Their litigation strategy throughout has been to avoid the day when they actually have to show up in court at a hearing and justify their detention of these men." (White House exterior, followed by Gitmo sign or some exterior) The government says it's already cleared about 20 percent of the roughly 270 Guantanamo detainees for release..and just needs somewhere to send them (Justice Department exterior) while also arguing for more time to bolster the evidence orginally used to justify holding them (Judge Hogan photo in graphic with lettering matching the quote) but Judge Thomas Hogan said he didn't understand why the evidence suddenly needs to be changed, saying "If it wasn't sufficient, then they shouldn't have been picked up" -- and that the Justice Department needs to pick up the pace. SOT: Matt Apuzzo, AP legal affairs writer 18:51:30 "There's nothing going on in the government today that's more important than these cases. The judge told the DOJ, if you need more resources, find em, if you have other cases, put em on the backburner, get these cases done. SOT: Shayana Kadidal, Center for Constitutional Rights 18:38:33 "Today I'm encouraged that the court isn't going to let the government run out the clock." STANDUP: Sagar Meghani 18:54:34 The judge told the DOJ he knows it's complicated and unprecedented, but stressed it must find a way to get things done. And while not setting a date for evidence reviews, the judge indicated he's ready to move much sooner rather than later. Sagar Meghani, The Associated Press, at the federal courthouse, Washington Author: AssociatedPress Keywords: guantanamo detainees judge bush admin.: priority Added: July 8, 2008

A conversation on the week's news in Canada from our Canadian correspondent, Vaughn Palmer, political correspondent for the Vancouver Sun. In 2006 Mahvish Rukhsana Khan did a Google search. It started a chain of events that led her to be an interpreter for Afghan detainees at the Guantanamo Detention Center. She was one of the few people allowed inside Guantanamo, and listened to stories from the men labeled enemy combatants. She shares what they told her about their capture, families, despair and hope.

http://newsproject.org June 26 is the UN's official day to show support for victims of torture. ANP caught up with Washington Independent reporter Spencer Ackerman to see an exact replica of a Guatanamo Bay detention cell.

Guantanamo's chief interrogator says, 'We don't employ torture.'

Author: LizzWinstead Added: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:16:28 -0800 Duration: 237Emily Rackcheck brings us a check of the morning's news, including a historic Supreme Court decision and the latest from the campaign trail.

Author: LizzWinstead Added: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:16:28 -0800 Duration: 237Emily Rackcheck brings us a check of the morning's news, including a historic Supreme Court decision and the latest from the campaign trail.

Who are the detainees of Guantanamo Bay and why were they held for so long if they had no real information? Riz Khan talks to Roy Gutman and Matt Schofield of McClatchy News Service about the lives of those captured, held and released from Guantanamo. Author: AlJazeeraEnglish Keywords: Al Jazeera English Riz Khan Guantanamo detainees Added: June 18, 2008

PlusSupreme Court Rules in Favor of Gitmo DetaineesSupreme Court Rules in Favor of Gitmo DetaineesThe Associated PressThe Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay may challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts. The court ruled 5-4 that the government is violating the constitutional rights of prisoners. (June 12)A divided Supreme Court says foreign terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have the right to challenge their detention in civilian courts. It's the third high court ruling on the subject. The previous two times, the administration and the Republican-controlled Congress changed the law to block detainees from court.Writing for the five-four majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy said: "THE LAWS AND CONSTITUTION ARE DESIGNED TO SURVIVE, AND REMAIN IN FORCE, IN EXTRAORDINARY TIMES."(SOT: MICHAEL RATNER/CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS)(13:06:35) I HAD TEARS IN MY EYES. I JUST THINK IT'S THE MOST CRITICAL DECISION WE'VE WON IN YEARS AND HOPEFULLY BEGINS TO END REALLY THE EXCESSES OF THE SO CALLED WAR ON TERROR OF THIS ADMINISTRATION. The Center for Constitutional Rights represents many of the 270 men still held at the U-S Naval base in Cuba. Among the prisoners are men considered high-value targets. They including Khalid Sheik Mohammad, who the government says was the mastermind of the September 11th attacks. (SOT: MICHAEL RATNER)(13:07:38) I THINK THE HIGH MAJORITY OF PEOPLE AT GUANTANAMO WILL BE FREED BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT JUST DOES NOT HAVE THE EVIDENCE TO HOLD THEM. In Rome, President Bush said he will look into whether new legislation is appropriate.(SOT: PRESIDENT BUSH)(13:50:12) AS TO THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION. WE'LL ABIDE BY THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION. THAT DOESN'T MEAN I HAVE TO AGREE WITH IT. THIS IS A DEEPLY DIVIDED COURT AND I STRONGLY AGREE WITH THOSE WHO DISSENTED. The courts most conservative members dissented. Antonin Scalia wrote that the U-S is 'at war with radical Islamists" and that the court's decision "will make the war harder on us. It will almost certainly cause more Americans to be killed."It's not clear whether the ruling will lead to prompt hearings for the detainees. Federal judges are scrambling to read the decision and figure out how to proceed. ___ ___, The Associated Press. Author: AssociatedPress Keywords: scotus guantanamo supreme court favor gitmo detainees Added: June 12, 2008

The detainees have the right to challenge their detentions in court.

PlusSupreme Court Rules in Favor of Gitmo DetaineesSupreme Court Rules in Favor of Gitmo DetaineesThe Associated PressThe Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts. (June 12)The U-S Supreme Court says foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights to challenge their detention in civilians courts. The five to four vote hands the Bush administration it's third setback over treatment of prisoners. The men are being held indefinitely at the U-S Naval base in Cuba. Some have been there for more than six years. Among the prisoners are men considered high-value targets. They including Khalid Sheik Mohammad, who the government says was the mastermind of the September 11th attacks. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the majority opinion that "The laws and Constitution are designed to survive, and remain in force, in extraordinary times." It's not clear whether this ruling, unlike the first two, would lead to prompt hearings for the detainees, so ___ ___, The Associated Press. Author: AssociatedPress Keywords: scotus guantanamo supreme court favor gitmo detainees Added: June 12, 2008

Author: gnooze Added: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:46:22 -0800 Duration: 194The Pentagon reportedly told interrogators to trash their notes, Iraq's PM reassures Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and astronauts make it look easy. Marta Costello hosts the gnooze (the g is silent)- today's top stories in about 3 minutes. Bloopers, ...

Author: gnooze Added: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:46:22 -0800 Duration: 194The Pentagon reportedly told interrogators to trash their notes, Iraq's PM reassures Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and astronauts make it look easy. Marta Costello hosts the gnooze (the g is silent)- today's top stories in about 3 minutes. Bloopers, ...

Author: gnooze Added: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:46:22 -0800 Duration: 194The Pentagon reportedly told interrogators to trash their notes, Iraq's PM reassures Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and astronauts make it look easy. Marta Costello hosts the gnooze (the g is silent)- today's top stories in about 3 minutes. Bloopers, ...

Author: gnooze Added: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:46:22 -0800 Duration: 194The Pentagon reportedly told interrogators to trash their notes, Iraq's PM reassures Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and astronauts make it look easy. Marta Costello hosts the gnooze (the g is silent)- today's top stories in about 3 minutes. Bloopers, ...

The Pentagon reportedly told interrogators to trash their notes, Iraq's PM reassures Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and astronauts make it look easy. Marta Costello hosts the gnooze (the g is silent)- today's top stories in about 3 minutes. Bloopers, t-shirts and more at http://gnooze.com ! Music by Pistol Youth: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=19522968720 and Special Thanks to Lettuce for the t-shirt/logo design - http://www.lettuceoffice.comAuthor: gnooze Tags: gnooze news comedy funny pentagon guantanamo bay gitmo terrorists detainees torture bush iraq iran ahmadinejad nuclear astronauts discovery space walk Posted: 10 June 2008 Rating: 0.0 Votes: 0

The Pentagon reportedly told interrogators to trash their notes, Iraq's PM reassures Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and astronauts make it look easy. Marta Costello hosts the gnooze (the g is silent)- today's top stories in about 3 minutes. Bloopers, t-shirts and more at http://gnooze.com ! Music by Pistol Youth: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=19522968720 and Special Thanks to Lettuce for the t-shirt/logo design - http://www.lettuceoffice.com

About 11,000 Palestinians are being held by Israel, many of whom have never been charged. They are know as "administrative detainees", arrested because Israel deems them a threat to state security. They and their families do not know when or if they will ever see their loved ones again. Nour Odeh has the story. Author: AlJazeeraEnglish Keywords: aljazeera nour odeah administrative detainees palestinian Added: May 29, 2008

How will our grandchildren view our decision to use torture in the War on Terror? Dan gets mad just thinking about the long-term moral ramifications and the lack of accountability. Also: a Riffin on the News segment.

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/03/31/Agency_in_Surveilled_Space-Who_is_Watching Former Human Rights Watch Fellow Anjana Malhotra discusses two cases of individuals falsely accused of terrorist activities by the United States government. ----- A Roundtable Discussion of Agency in Surveilled Space: who is watching, who is being watched, who decides which spaces are visible to the camera and which are effectively invisible, off-limits to authorities. The panelists will examine how engineers, artists, and activists intervene in surveillance systems to subvert, invert, and redefine these relationships, and how the principle of "sousveillance" - meaning surveillance from "below," or watching the watchers - applies. It features artists and engineers who collaborate to produce software and hardware applications that access and visualize data usually obscured from public view; artists whose projects have questioned the rhetoric of surveillance by intervening more playfully in the expected aesthetics or power dynamics; and activists who monitor post-9/11 surveillance by intelligence agencies and its effects on immigrant and dissenting communities - The New School Anjana Malhotra is a human rights lawyer and former fellow with Human Rights Watch. FORA.tv podcasts are sponsored by Pfizer. Visit our Pfizer "Health and Wellness" channel at http://fora.tv/health_and_wellness.

Author: IranNegah Added: Thu, 08 May 2008 15:16:23 -0800 Duration: 334The families of Iranian officials who were kidnapped by American militants in US raid on Iranian consular office in Arbil, Iraq are speaking about their capture. On November 9, 2007 the United States released two of the detainees after 305 days.

Two education bills are raising controversy at the Statehouse this legislative session. One would abolish the state board of Education and elevate the commissioner's job to cabinet status; a second bill would repeal last year's measure that requires a town to vote twice before raising their school budget by a certain percentage. And we look back at the big stories in the week's news.

From The Massachusetts School of Law.Thought to be the one piece of property in the world where the President, as commander in chief, could operate with total impunity, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Charlie Savage explains how Guantanomo became an interrogation prison, when Dean Lawrence R. Velvel interviews him about his new book, Take Over The Return of the Imperial Presidency in This inversion of American Democracy, on this episode of The Massachusetts School of Laws Books of our Times. The full interview is available at google video. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and information for both law students and the general public, the Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public via television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu.Full length versions of MSLAW podcasts are available by free subscription from iTunes or as direct downloads.

From The Massachusetts School of Law. Does the Geneva Convention apply to the prisoners at Guantanomo Bay? Dean Lawrence R Velvel interviews Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Charlie Savage about his new book, Take Over The Return of the Imperial Presidency in This inversion of American Democracy, on this episode of The Massachusetts School of Laws Books of our Times. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and information for both law students and the general public, the Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public via television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu.The full interview is available at google video. Full length versions of MSLAW podcasts are available by free subscription from iTunes or as direct downloads.

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What can people learn about you on the internet? Does the rise of social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook threaten your privacy and your future reputation? We'll talk this hour with Daniel J. Solove, associate professor at George Washington University Law School and author of "The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet" (Yale University Press, 2007).