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by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy
Among several sticky tar babies Bush left Obama the worst are: Guantanamo, torture, capital war crimes! The clock is ticking for Obama. The time for ‘good faith’ is running out! Unless Obama moves to close Guantanamo now and end the practice of torture while bringing war crimes charges against Bush, [...]

Posted by nytexan May 30th, 2009 | Tags: Bush, Death Penalty, GITMO, Guantanamo, Obama, torture, War Crimes, war criminals | Category: Bush, Obama, Politics, War Crimes | Comments (1)

On his first day at work Obama has kept his promise to close GITMO. While it will take some time because of moving the detainees, the fact that our screams have not fallen on deaf ears is a milestone.
President Obama sent White House Counsel Greg Craig went to Capitol Hill to brief Congress on three [...]

Posted by nytexan January 21st, 2009 | Tags: close, Executive Order, GITMO, Guantanamo, Obama | Category: Guantanamo Bay, Obama | Comments (3)

Finally some humane progress for the Guantanamo detainees. In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court has struck down the Bush Administrations assertion that detainees have zero rights in U. S. courts. The cases decided today, Boumediene v. Bush and Al Odah v. United States, were brought on behalf of 37 foreigners who remain [...]

Posted by nytexan June 12th, 2008 | Tags: Bush, Guantanamo, habeas corpus, Supreme Court | Category: Bush, Guantanamo Bay, Politics, Supreme Court, habeas corpus | Comments (1)