2009年5月16日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Obama revives terror tribunals - with changes (AP)

Posted: 16 May 2009 04:49 AM PDT

In this photo, reviewed by the U.S. military, a Guantanamo detainee stands at his cell window yelling after seeing a group of journalists who were visiting Guantanamo's Camp 5 maximum-security detention facility, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, Wednesday, May 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - In an apparent reversal, President Barack Obama is reviving the much-criticized military tribunals for Guantanamo Bay detainees and promising to make changes to the system that could jeopardize his timetable for closing the prison by January.

Obama retains Bush-era military tribunals (AFP)

Posted: 16 May 2009 03:36 AM PDT

Republican Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell, seen here in February, issued a statement after the president's decision to retain Bush-era military commissions, noting that despite the order to close Guantanamo Bay, it was the best venue to try terror suspects.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AFP - President Barack Obama has revived Bush-era military tribunals for top Guantanamo Bay terror suspects that he once branded a "failure," but proposed new rules on evidence and detainee rights.

SPIN METER: What Pelosi knew when on waterboarding (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2009 05:39 PM PDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 14, 2009. Earlier Thursday, under strong attack from Republicans, Pelosi accused the CIA and Bush Administration of misleading her about waterboarding detainees in the war on terror and sharply rebutted claims she was complicit in the method's use. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has accused the CIA of misleading her at a secret 2002 briefing on the use of harsh interrogations in the war on terror. But it's not so clear who's misleading whom.

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