"Breaking forcefully with Bush anti-terror policies, President Barack Obama ordered major changes Thursday that he said would halt the torture of suspects, close down the Guantanamo detention center, ban secret CIA prisons overseas and fight terrorism 'in a manner that...
Posted in The Loveshade Family Blog on January 23, 2009 06:12 AM
Guantanamo Bay Prison, a place where "suspected terrorists" were being held indefinately, many without even being charged with anything, may soon be shut down.President-elect Barack Obama, like his prime presidential rival Senator John McCain, had pledged to close Gitmo. Both...
Posted in The Loveshade Family Blog on January 15, 2009 08:30 PM
"GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - The Yemeni man convicted at the first Guantanamo war crimes trial will be eligible for release in less than five months after receiving a light sentence from a jury made up of U.S. military...
Posted in The Loveshade Family Blog on August 11, 2008 12:01 AM
It’s true. Dick Cheney and Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) have agreed that the government should be able to access Americans' conversations and emails without getting an individualized warrant. But that isn’t all they’re after. Under the guise of responding to...
Posted in The Loveshade Family Blog on August 10, 2006 12:27 AM