Comments on: Does Obama Really Know or Care About Who Is at Guantánamo?

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

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:40:24 +0000

[...] What made the ruling particularly depressing was that, in January 2007, as was revealed inthe classified military files released by WikiLeaks in April this year, Rear Adm. Harry B. Harris, Jr., the commander of Guantánamo at the time, recommended Hentif’s release, based on assessments made by the Joint Task Force at Guantánamo. Nevertheless, he was not released by President Bush, was not released by President Obama, and, moreover, appeared to be a victim of the Justice Department’s general indifference to the fate of the prisoners, as government lawyers could easily have been instructed not to challenge the habeas corpus petitions of any of the prisoners cleared for release by President Bush, or by President Obama’s Guantánamo Review Task Force. [...]

By: It Costs $72 Million A Year to Hold Cleared Prisoners at Guantánamo « freedetainees.org

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:58:17 +0000

[...] comprising career officials and lawyers from government departments and the intelligence agencies, reviewed the files of all the prisoners to work out what to do with them, and concluded that 89 of the 171 remaining prisoners should be [...]

By: No End to the Shameful Treatment of Omar Khadr | Islamic News Daily

No End to the Shameful Treatment of Omar Khadr | Islamic News Daily — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:06:12 +0000

[...] Khadr’s release from Guantánamo will also focus attention once more on what should be an abiding source of shame for Barack Obama, but has been largely overlooked — the continued presence of 171 prisoners at Guantánamo, even though the government conceded, after a year-long review in 2009, that it did not wish to hold more half of those men. [...]

By: No End To The Shameful Treatment Of Omar Khadr - OpEd

No End To The Shameful Treatment Of Omar Khadr - OpEd — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:11:04 +0000

[...] has been largely overlooked — the continued presence of 171 prisoners at Guantánamo, even though the government conceded, after a year-long review in 2009, that it did not wish to hold over half of these [...]

By: No End To The Shameful Treatment Of Omar Khadr - Analysis

No End To The Shameful Treatment Of Omar Khadr - Analysis — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:09:33 +0000

By: Protestors in Washington D.C. Call for an End to the Afghan War on its 10th Anniversary, and the Transformation of American Politics | War On You: Breaking Alternative News

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 06:46:52 +0000

[...] of these men are still held, even though only 36 of them have been proposed for trials, and there is no sign of when, if ever, the rest will be released. An [...]

By: Protestors In Washington D.C. Call For End To Afghan War - OpEd

Protestors In Washington D.C. Call For End To Afghan War - OpEd — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:46:10 +0000

[...] of these men are still held, even though only 36 of them have been proposed for trials, and there is no sign of when, if ever, the rest will be released. An [...]

By: WikiLeaks and the Guantánamo Prisoners Released from 2002 to 2004 (All Ten Parts) – Andy Worthington « freedetainees.org

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 00:38:11 +0000

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By: WikiLeaks and the Guantánamo Prisoners Released from 2002 to 2004 … » WeNewsIt

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:35:24 +0000

[...] because the remaining prisoners have largely been abandoned by the mainstream media, even though 89 of the 171 have been cleared for release, and only 36 were recommended for trials by President Obama’s interagency Guantánamo Review Task [...]

By: WikiLeaks Reveals Yemenis Cleared For Guantanamo Release Up To Seven Years - OpEd

Fri, 13 May 2011 10:41:05 +0000

[...] sober officials and lawyers from various government departments and the intelligence agencies — recommended that 36 Yemenis should be released immediately, and that 30 others should be held in a new category of imprisonment — “conditional [...]