We found 522 results for “Counterterrorism”.
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Senate Blocks Amendment to Restrict Obama Administration’s Ability to Prosecute Suspected Terrorists in Federal Court
November 17, 2009
(Washington, DC November 17, 2009) Human Rights First today praised the Senate for blocking an amendment that would have restricted the Obama Administration’s ability to…
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TRANSCRIPT: MEDIA BRIEFING ON ADMINISTRATION’S DECISION TO TRY GUANTANAMO DETAINEES IN FEDERAL COURTS
November 16, 2009
Transcript by Federal News Service Washington, D.C. MODERATOR: ELISA MASSIMINO, PRESIDENT AND CEO, HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST SPEAKERS: REAR ADM. (RET.) JOHN D. HUTSON, FORMER JUDGE…
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Rights Group Applauds Senate Vote for Justice for 9/11 Defendants
November 5, 2009
Human Rights First applauds the Senate’s defeat today of an amendment that threatened to impede efforts to bring to justice those accused of the most…
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Fixing Bagram: Strengthening Detention Reforms to Align with U.S. Strategic Priorities
October 31, 2009
Eight years after launching Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan—with a mission to kill and capture “high-value” al Qaeda and Taliban members and destroy the…
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Whitehouse Counterterrorism Adviser Rejects Torture
August 6, 2009
From John Brennan’s speech today at CSIS: At the same time, I have seen—we all have seen—how our fight against terrorists sometimes led us to…
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Huffington Post piece on prosecuting terrorist suspects in federal courts
July 9, 2009
David Laufman, an attorney experienced in prosecuting terrorism cases, writes in the Huffington Post today on why Guantanamo detainees should be transferred to U.S. criminal courts. On…
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Federal Courts Are the Best Venue for Terrorism Trials
March 12, 2009
In a letter to the editor in response to a news story in the Washington Post, our colleague Gabor Rona argues emphatically against reconstituting military…
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Nancy Pelosi: Find the Truth about Torture without Immunity
February 26, 2009
On MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” last night House Speaker Nancy Pelosi supported calls for a “Truth Commission,” but emphasized that there should be no immunity in…
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Media Round-Up: Executive Orders and Retired Military Leaders
January 23, 2009
Bloomberg.com: Major General Paul Eaton, told reporters in a conference call yesterday that the Abu Ghraib scandal “immediately undermined me, my moral authority” as he…
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“More than 100 international terrorism cases have been prosecuted in the federal courts.”
January 15, 2009
Our colleague Deborah Colson weighs in on a New York Times blog on how the administration’s admission of torture might affect closing Guantanamo and the…
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Turnabout on Torture: USA Today on Cheney and Obama
January 12, 2009
USA Today echoes the sentiments of our blog in an editorial today: On the Sunday morning talk shows, the outgoing vice president and the incoming…
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Rights Group Launches Series of Blueprints for the Obama Administration
January 5, 2009
New York – A leading rights group has released a series of blueprints laying out detailed, multi-phased strategies for how the Obama administration should act…