Yasiin Bey (a.k.a. Mos Def) protests Guantanamo force-feedings in video
Right now, more than 100 detainees at the U.S. naval base on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are engaged in a . Many are being involuntarily fed through neogastric tubes, a practice that rapper and activist...
View ArticleSenate questions FBI nominee Comey on torture, Boston bombing and other...
WASHINGTON James B. Comey, President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation, delivered a strong rebuke of waterboarding during his confirmation hearing Tuesday, despite...
View ArticleLawyers argue Guantánamo captive so sick he should go home
Judge: I can’t stop Guantanamo force-feeding, but Obama can 16 minutes ago Obama to discuss economy with Black Caucus 56 minutes ago US, China discuss cybersecurity 1 hour ago Quebec explosion...
View ArticleJudge faults Gitmo force-feeding but won't stop it
MIAMI — A U.S. federal judge ruled Monday that she lacks the authority to halt the force-feeding of prisoners on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay, while pointedly noting that the practice appears to...
View ArticleFBI nominee condemns waterboarding
WASHINGTON — James B. Comey, President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation, delivered a strong rebuke of waterboarding during his confirmation hearing Tuesday, despite...
View ArticleDianne Feinstein, Dick Durbin Urge President To End Guantanamo Force-Feeding
WASHINGTON -- Two Senate Democrats are urging President Barack Obama to end force-feeding at Guantanamo Bay. "We ... encourage you to direct the Department of Defense to stop conducting such...
View ArticleObama's toughest Guantanamo sell: Senate Democrats
Travel Deals $1009 -- All-Incl. 4-Star Cancun Beachfront Trip from Philly See all travel deals » Donna Cassata, Associated Press Posted: Monday, July 8, 2013, 1:08 AM WASHINGTON - President Obama's...
View ArticleEnd force feeding in Guantanamo: US lawmakers tell Obama
Washington: Two top Democrat lawmakers has asked US President Barack Obama to end force feeding of the Guantanamo prisoners who are on hunger strike, and outline a formal process to permanently close...
View ArticleEnd force feeding in Guantanamo: US lawmakers tell
Washington: Two top Democrat lawmakers has asked US President Barack Obama to end force feeding of the Guantanamo prisoners who are on hunger strike, and outline a formal process to permanently close...
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For big cleanup jobs, you need to haul out your regular vacuum. But you can give your vacuum cleaner and yourself a break by considering a hand vac or stick vac to clean up everyday messes. A hand vac...
View ArticleGuantanamo Force Feeding Won't Be Halted By District Court
MIAMI — A U.S. federal judge says she can't halt the force-feeding of hunger striking prisoners at Guantanamo. But the judge also says the practice appears to violate international law. U.S. District...
View ArticleMos Def protests Guantanamo force-feeding
Right now, more than 100 detainees at the US naval base on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are engaged in a months-long hunger strike. Many are being involuntarily fed through neogastric...
View ArticleWitness: No harm to US from Manning's leaked Gitmo files
FORT MEADE, Md. — Secret threat assessments of Guantanamo Bay detainees that Pfc. Bradley Manning gave to WikiLeaks did not harm national security, a former chief prosecutor at the U.S. detention...
View ArticleObama can halt ‘degrading’ force-feeding at Guantanamo, federal judge says
A federal judge on Monday condemned the military’s practice of force-feeding detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as “painful, humiliating, and degrading” and said President Obama has the authority to...
View ArticleHoover owner vacuums up Oreck at bankruptcy auction
July 9 (Reuters) - The manufacturer of Hoover and Dirt Devil brand vacuum cleaners was the winning bidder for rival Oreck in a bankruptcy auction on Monday, offering at least $24.4 million to outbid...
View ArticleFBI nominee Comey signed memo allowing waterboarding
WASHINGTON — James B. Comey Jr., nominated to become the nation's seventh director of the FBI, conceded Tuesday that he signed a controversial memo allowing waterboarding but said he first lobbied...
View ArticleGuantanamo captive so sick he should go home, lawyers say
MIAMI -- Ibrahim Idris is an obese, diabetic, schizophrenic Sudanese man who has mostly lived at Guantanamo's psychiatric ward since he got to the U.S. terror prison in Cuba on the day it opened. U.S....
View ArticleTorture exposed: in the footsteps of Christopher Hitchens
FIVE years ago, the writer Christopher Hitchens placed a giant full stop on the question of waterboarding. The US had been using the procedure on jihadists and terror suspects as an "interrogation...
View ArticleJames Comey, Nominee For FBI Director: Waterboarding Is Torture And Illegal
* Says Bush team dismissed his interrogation concerns * Confirmation expected (Adds details on further questioning) By Deborah Charles WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - James Comey, the man nominated by...
View ArticleBradley Manning Defense Seeks Dismissal Of Charges
BY DAVID DISHNEAU AND PAULINE JELINEK, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT MEADE, Md. — Lawyers for an Army private who gave reams of classified documents to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks asked a...
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