May 13, 2012 "Information Clearing House" - Since even readers of the New York Times are aware of deputy national security adviser John Brennan’s open identification with torture, secret prisons and other abuses of national and international law,
Oytun Ayse Mihalik, a Turkish citizen and former pharmacist of Orange County, California, has been in federal custody since August 2011 for wiring charitable contributions to Pakistan.
The annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is once again being considered by Congress for the fiscal year (FY) 2013.
U.S. Military taught officers: Use ‘Hiroshima’ tactics for ‘total war’ on Islam
Written by Noah Shachtman and Spencer Ackerman Sunday, 13 May 2012The U.S. military taught its future leaders that a “total war” against the world’s 1.4 billion Muslims would be necessary to protect America from Islamic terrorists, according to documents obtained by Danger Room.
“Close Guantánamo” calls on US communities to demand release of cleared prisoners in US
Written by Andy Worthington Sunday, 13 May 2012I wrote the following article for the “Close Guantánamo” website, which I established in January with US attorney Tom Wilner.
On Saturday, the eyes of the world were on Guantánamo, as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other men accused of planning and facilitating the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 — Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi and Walid bin Attash — appeared in a courtroom for the first time since December 2008.
One day after publicly announcing that the CIA had foiled an Al Qaeda plot to bomb a commercial airliner, US officials revealed Tuesday that the would-be bomber was in fact an informant working for the CIA and Saudi intelligence.
A cycle of overhyped terror plots involving government agency entrapment feeds a multimillion-dollar surveillance industry
The 9/11 trial begins: Why second-class justice harms everyone
Written by Jonathan Hafetz Friday, 11 May 2012The trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others should have been prosecuted in a federal court.
The poet Talha Ahsan is awaiting extradition to the US, where he faces a life in detention virtually deprived of human contact
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