Comments on: Senate Finally Allows Guantánamo Trials In US, But Not Homes For Innocent Men

By: Andy Worthington: Swiss Take Two Guantanamo Uighurs, Solve Obama’s Problem | Twitmerlin - News, Celebs Gossip, Social Media

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:01:38 +0000

[...] I explained in an article at the time: [T]he Supreme Court was faced with a tricky legal decision, because the justices will [...]

By: Lawyers Appeal Guantanamo Trial Convictions « freedetainees.org

Lawyers Appeal Guantanamo Trial Convictions « freedetainees.org — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:12:55 +0000

[...] “it remains a mystery what will happen to Mr. al-Bahlul. Although he is serving a life sentence, under current US law, he can’t be transferred out of Guantánamo to a prison on the mainland because detainees can [...]

By: Guantánamo “Closed” a Year Ago: Why We Still Protest and Fast / Waging Nonviolence

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:56:22 +0000

[...] of unsubstantiated claims of “recidivism.” Succumbing to the fear-mongering, the U.S. Congress has barred the settling of innocent men from Guantánamo into the United States. The vote, which passed the Senate 79-19, effectively [...]

By: Rubbing Salt in Guantanamo’s Wounds: Task Force Announces Indefinite Detentions | themcglynn.com/theliberal.net

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:10:32 +0000

[...] prisoner to settle in the United States, if they cannot be repatriated, lies with the president, with lawmakers, with the Justice Department and judges in the Court of Appeals and numerous media [...]

By: Obama’s Countdown to Failure on Guantanamo « freedetainees.org

Obama’s Countdown to Failure on Guantanamo « freedetainees.org — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:39:10 +0000

[...] on the Uighurs’ behalf, Obama not only allowed opportunistic lawmakers to exploit his weakness (passing a law preventing any cleared prisoner being rehoused in the US), but also made it difficult for [...]

By: Truthout Video: The Human Cost of Guantánamo by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:08:33 +0000

[...] A main difficulty, said Worthington, is finding a place to go to for those who have been cleared of terrorist activities. Even though a handful of European countries have allowed former detainees to resettle, there remain dozens in Guantánamo with nowhere to go. The problem, said Worthington, is that members of Congress on both sides of the aisle are indulging in fearmongering and not allowing prisoners who have been found innocent to resettle in the US. [...]

By: Military Commissions Revived: Don’t Do It, Mr. President! by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:30:54 +0000

[...] the legislation still bears the fingerprints of interfering lawmakers, and still, scandalously, prevents any innocent man from being rehoused in the country that falsely imprisoned him) that I overlooked two other [...]

By: Senate Finally Allows Guantánamo Trials In US, But Not Homes For Innocent Men by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:04:25 +0000

[...] Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad http://www.andyworthington.co.uk 27 October [...]