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US Senate ties up Guantanamo closure funds (AFP) Posted: 13 May 2009 04:18 PM PDT AFP - US senators on Thursday were to debate a bill forbidding the use of new money to close the Guantanamo Bay prison for suspected terrorists to ship any detainees to the United States.

AP source: Obama has more than 6 people for court (AP) Posted: 13 May 2009 04:57 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is considering a list of more than six contenders for the Supreme Court that is dominated by women and Hispanics, one that includes judges and leaders from own his administration who have never donned a judicial robe.

Obama opposes detainee abuse photo release (Reuters) Posted: 13 May 2009 02:15 PM PDT Reuters - In a reversal, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he would fight the release of dozens of photographs showing the abuse of terrorism suspects, over concern the images could ignite a backlash against U.S. troops.

Ex-FBI agent criticizes harsh terrorism tactics (Reuters) Posted: 13 May 2009 12:32 PM PDT Reuters - Waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods used during the Bush administration on terrorism suspects produced unreliable evidence and were ineffective, a former FBI agent told Congress on Wednesday.

UK terror probe arrests focus on South Asians (AP) Posted: 13 May 2009 11:25 AM PDT AP - Britons of South Asian descent are far more likely to be detained in anti-terrorism raids than other ethnic groups — and more than half of all suspects arrested in terrorism cases since 2001 were freed without charge, a government study disclosed on Wednesday.

Only a third of UK terrorism arrests lead to charges (Reuters) Posted: 13 May 2009 04:43 AM PDT Reuters - Britain has arrested more than 1,400 people under anti-terrorism laws since September 11, 2001, the government said on Wednesday, but only a third of those were charged and even fewer convicted.

Obama to revive Guantanamo military trials (AFP) Posted: 13 May 2009 03:59 AM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama is to announce this week that he is reviving controversial military trials for terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, US officials said.

US lawmakers to hear from Bush 'torture' dissenter (AFP) Posted: 12 May 2009 07:03 PM PDT AFP - Senators on Wednesday will quiz a former top US official on his objections in 2005 to harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists, amid calls for a sweeping formal probe into alleged torture.

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