Comments on: Guantánamo and Yemen: Obama Capitulates to Critics and Suspends Prisoner Transfers

By: As Judges Kill Off Habeas Corpus For Guantánamo Prisoners, Will Supreme Court Act?

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:41:13 +0000

[...] Yemen off-limits since January 2010, when Obama issued a moratorium on any further prisoner releases to Yemen following a hysterical response to the news that the [...]

By: It Costs $72 Million A Year to Hold Cleared Prisoners at Guantánamo by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:59:47 +0000

[...] Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, had been recruited in Yemen, President Obama bowed to pressure and issued a moratorium on releasing any more Yemenis from Guantánamo. This shows no sign of being dropped, even though [...]

By: Guantánamo Guard and Ex-Prisoners Meet (via the BBC) « Dandelion Salad

Guantánamo Guard and Ex-Prisoners Meet (via the BBC) « Dandelion Salad — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:11:01 +0000

[...] up fear and paranoia in the wake of the failed plane bomb on Christmas Day. With President Obama capitulating to unreasonable demands to prevent the release of any more cleared Yemeni prisoners, the supporters of Guantánamo appear [...]

By: Anwar Al-Awlaqi: Judge Rules that President’s Decision to Assassinate US Citizens Abroad, Without Due Process or Explanation, is “Judicially Unreviewable” « Dandelion Salad

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 23:12:07 +0000

[...] wake of the failed Christmas Day bombing, President Obama capitulated to Republican hysteria and announced a moratorium on the release of any more Yemenis from Guantánamo, even though the Guantánamo Review Task Force [...]

By: As Activists Plan Protest for 9th Anniv. of Guantánamo, Former Gitmo Commander Subpoenaed in Spain over Prisoner Torture + Ending Bush’s big lie on Guantánamo « Dandelion Salad

Sat, 08 Jan 2011 02:32:07 +0000

[...] new home. As I explained with regard to the Yemenis, “It’s been a year now since the President announced a moratorium on releasing any prisoner from Guantánamo to Yemen because of the uproar that came about because, [...]

By: Guantánamo Is “A Piece of Hell That Kills Everything”: A Bleak New Year Message from Yemeni Prisoner Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif « Eurasia Review

Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:38:55 +0000

[...] not taken this inexplicable — or deeply cyncial — step, Latif would still be held, because of a moratorium on releasing any Yemeni prisoners from Guantánamo, which was issued by President Obama last January after a hysterical response to [...]

By: Guantánamo is “a piece of hell that kills everything”: A bleak New Year message from Yemeni prisoner Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif | The Muslim Justice Initiative

Sun, 02 Jan 2011 18:02:42 +0000

[...] this inexplicable — or deeply cyncial — step, Latif would still be held, because of a moratorium on releasing any Yemeni prisoners from Guantánamo, which was issued by President Obama last January after a hysterical response to [...]

By: Andy Worthington: More "Congressional Depravity" on Guantanamo | BlackNewsTribune.com

Sat, 09 Oct 2010 18:41:52 +0000

[...] has clearly been set up as a national security concern — and is just as clearly influenced by the overreaction to the Christmas arrest of the would-be plane bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who had apparently [...]

By: Arbitrary Government Kidnapping Under the Cloak of ‘Objectivity’ « Little Alex in Wonderland

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:22:44 +0000

[...] 66 for release. Seven of these men were freed last year, but Obama bowed to political pressure and halted all further releases to Yemen in January, just weeks before the report was published, in response to a wave of hysteria that [...]

By: Gonzalo Gato Villegas » Blog Archive » ¿Sabe realmente Obama, le preocupa acaso, quién sigue en Guantánamo?

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:05:53 +0000

[...] Obama se doblegó a las presiones políticas y detuvo en enero el resto de liberaciones hacia el Yemen, justo semanas antes de que se publicara el informe, en respuesta a la oleada de histeria con que [...]