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Archives August 2004
August 31, 2004, Jerry Markon, The Washington Post, Talks Continue in Hamdi Case: Ruling Means Combatant May Soon Be Released
August 31, 2004, Ryan Singel, Wired News, Bush Forms Civil Liberties Board
August 31, 2004, Guantanamo:
- Richard Warburton, Birmingham Post, Lawyer first person to see Cuba detainee
- John Hendren, The Seattle Times, Terrorism tribunals are on trial
- The Guardian, Two Guantánamo Britons meet lawyer
- China Daily, 'Guantanamo Bay detainee was beaten by US captors for 20 hours'
August 30, 2004, Lisa Ashkenaz, The NewStandard, American Lawyer Finds New Evidence of Recent Torture in Iraq
August 30, 2004, R. Jeffrey Smith, The Washington Post, Documents Helped Sow Abuse, Army Report Finds
August 30, 2004, Dan Eggen, The Washington Post, Secret Court Poses Challenges: Non-Government Litigants Lack Access, Ways to Influence Cases
August 29 & 30, 2004, Guantanamo:
- Frank Griffiths, Associated press/The Kansas City Star, Guantanamo Panels Won't Free 5 Detainees
- Aljazeerah, Detainees reject US hearings
- Jessica Azulay, The NewStandard, Rights Groups Call for New Process as Gitmo Tribunals End First Week
- Reuters, U.S. Allows Civilian Lawyer to Go to Guantanamo
- Scotsman.com, Lawyer to Visit Guantanamo Britons
- Toni Locy, USA TODAY, Tribunal struggles with first hearings
- Scott Higham, The Washington Post, Hearings Open With Challenge to Tribunals: Defense Attorneys Say Military Commissions Deny Due Process to Detainees
- Editorial, The Washington Post, The Tribunals Begin
August 29, 2004, Associated press/The New York Times, G.I. Says Prisoner Humiliation Encouraged
August 28, 2004, Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times, U.S. Set Back on Treatment of Combatant
August 28, 2004, Eric Schmitt, The New York Times, Rumsfeld Denies Abuses Occurred at Interrogations
August 28, 2004, William Kleinknecht, The Star-Ledger, Rights group faults video surveillance
August 28, 2004, Paul Donnelly, The Washington Post, The Ban on a Muslim Scholar
August 27, 2004, BBC News, Bush gives CIA chief new powers
August 27, 2004, Ryan Singel, Wired News, Secure Flight Gets Wary Welcome
August 27, 2004, Jackson Diehl, The Washington Post, How Torture Came Down From the Top
August 27, 2004, Josh White & Thomas E. Ricks, The Washington Post, Top Brass Won't Be Charged Over Abuse
August 27, 2004, Leslie Miller, Associated press/The Seattle Times, Feds to do checks of airline traveler lists
August 27, 2004, Guantanamo:
- Charlie Savage, The Boston Globe, Guantanamo coverage to be restricted: US will impose curbs on media
- Moritz Doebler, Reuters, U.N.: Guantanamo Situation Better But Could Improve
- The Herald Sun, Two detainees front US review
- Robert Smith, Gulf Daily News, Detainees' lawyers want private meeting
- Roy Eccleston, The Australian, I was abused by soldiers: Hicks
- Scott Higham, The Washington Post, Australian Pleads Not Guilty to War Crimes
- Peter Marks, The Washington Post, Unmaking Made-Up Minds With 'Guantanamo'
August 26, 2004, Abu Ghraib:
- The Washington Post:
- Bradley Graham, A Failure in Leadership, All the Way Up the Ranks
- Josh White, Abuse Report Widens Scope of Culpability: Generals Point to Contractors, Military Intelligence Soldiers
- A Chronicle of Abuse
- Jeffrey Smith, Agency Is Faulted On Practices in Iraq, Secrecy Amid Probe
- Thomas E. Ricks, Incidents Grew in Severity, Report Says
- Editorial, Closer to the Truth
- Jackie Spinner, Scandal Forces Interrogators to Explain Methods
- The New York Times:
- Associated Press, Iraq Prison Probe Faults Intelligence Unit
- Eric Schmitt, Abuses at Prison Tied to Officers in Intelligence
August 26, 2004, Associated press/The New York Times, U.S. Deports Man Accused of Terror Ties
August 26, 2004, Geneive Abdo, The Chicago Tribune, Muslims support scholar on visa, Revocation is blamed on Bush policy
August 26, 2004, Guantanamo:
- Jane Sutton, Reuters, Guantanamo trial turns to farce
- Reuters/The New York Times, Confusion as Yemeni Faces U.S. Military Tribunal
- CNN, Al Qaeda man faces tribunal
- ABCNews, Hicks charged with war crimes
- Mark Sage, Scotsman.com, Lawyers to Visit British Guantanamo Detainees
- Sheryl McCarthy, Newsday/Common Dreams News Center, Guantanamo Abuses Amount to War Crimes
August 26, 2004, Editorial, USA TODAY, New York Tramples Bill of Rights to Protect 'Grass'?
August 25, 2004, Brendan Lyons, Times Union, Judge sets bail, citing 'serious questions'
August 25, 2004, John Caher, New York Lawyer, Case Against NY Terror Suspects May Be Lost in Translation
August 25, 2004, Neil A. Lewis, The New York Times, First War-Crimes Case Opens at Guantánamo Base
August 25, 2004, Otto Kreisher, The San Diego Union-Tribune, Bush touts record on security, Critics disagree 'America is safer'
August 25, 2004, Bruce Schneier, Newsday, U.S. 'no-fly' list curtails liberties
August 24, 2004, Josh White & Thomas E. Ricks, The Washington Post, Iraqi Teens Abused at Abu Ghraib, Report Finds, Officials Say Inquiry Also Confirms Prisoners Were Hidden From Aid Groups
August 24, 2004, Scott Higham, The Washington Post, No Welcome in Guantanamo as Rights Groups Land
August 24, 2004, Eric Schmitt, The New York Times, Defense Leaders Faulted by Panel in Prison Abuse
August 24, 2004, Louis Porter & Donna Porstner, The Stamford Advodate, 9/11 families weighing hopefuls' stance on security
August 24, 2004, Laurie Cohen, The Chicago Tribune, 9/11 panel faults probe of 2 charities, Chicago groups' ties to terror unproven
August 24, 2004, Geneive Abdo, The Chicago Tribune, Muslim scholar has visa revoked
August 23, 2004, Marty Logan, Inter Press Service/AlterNet, When the FBI Comes Knocking
August 23, 2004, Scott Higham, The Washington Post, Trials Set To Begin For Four at Guantanamo: Process Differs From U.S. Justice System
August 23, 2004, Nicholas Thompson, The Boston Globe, The imprecise `war on terrorism'
August 23, 2004, Gary Indiana, The Village Voice, From John Ashcroft's lips to God's ear: Kiss Your Rights Goodbye
August 23, 2004, Cathy Young, The Boston Globe, The profiling puzzle
August 23, 2004, Associated press/The Boston Globe, 9/11 panel details gaps in visa process
August 23, 2004, PolitInfo.com, 9/11 Commission: Funding Sources for Attacks Remain Unidentified by US
August 23, 2004, Editorial, The Washington Post, Making Law at Guantanamo
August 21, 2004, Ryan Singel, Wired News, Congress Wants Rights Board
August 20, 2004, Jim Wilson, Popular Mechanics, SPYING ON US
August 20, 2004, Jerry Markon, The Washington Post, Judge Orders Court Date For Detainee, Absent Deal
August 20, 2004, Dan Eggen, The Washington Post, U.S. Uses Secret Evidence In Secrecy Fight With ACLU
August 20, 2004, David McAlary, Voice of America, Bioethicist Charges US Military Medical Staff With Complicity in Detainee Abuse
August 20, 2004, Marty Logan, Inter-Press Service, Protestors Next on FBI List
August 20, 2004, David A. Lane, Rocky Mountain News, Speakout: Deportation, ruination an outrage
August 20, 2004, Josh White and Thomas E. Ricks, The Washington Post, Abu Ghraib Probe Points to Top Brass
August 20, 2004, Rachel L. Swarns, New York Times, Senator? Terrorist? A Watch List Stops Kennedy at Airport; Sara Kehaulani Goo, The Washington Post, Sen. Kennedy Flagged by No-Fly List
August 20, 2004, Tania Branigan, The Guardian, Rights Groups to See Guantaánamo Trials
August 20, 2004, David Stout, The New York Time, 3 Palestinian Activists Face U.S. Charges
August 19, 2004, Editorial, The Denver Post, FBI Tactics Erode Public's Trust
August 19, 2004, Tom Maertens, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Patriot Act Ineffective and Needlessly Tosses Aside Constitutional Protections
August 19, 2004, Hope Yen, Associated Press, Judge's Ruling May Chill Newsgathering
August 19, 2004, Editorial, The Washington Post , Let There Be Protests
August 19, 2004, Adam Liptak, The New York Times, For Post-9/11 Material Witness, It Is a Terror of a Different Kind
August 19, 2004, Ted Bridis, Associated Press, FBI expects violent protests in New York, but says it lacks evidence to move against any group
August 19, 2004, Peter Shinkle and Karen Branch-Brioso, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, FBI tactics for fighting terrorism draw scrutiny after reports of intimidation
August 19, 2004, Associated Press, Guantanamo Prisoner Goes Before Review Tribunal
August 19, 2004, CBS News, Iraq Prisoner Abuse: Brass Escapes Direct Blame
August 19, 2004, Susan Saulny, The New York Times, Judge Tells U.S. to Release Data on Detainees It Holds Overseas
August 19, 2004, Ohio News Now, Technology intensifies debate over information gathering
August 19, 2004, Bill Van Auken, World Socialist Website, FBI’s Albany terror “sting” begins to unravel
August 18, 2004, Jacques Steinberg, The New York Times, Setbacks on Press Protections Are Seen
August 18, 2004, Michael Virtanen, Associated Press, Prosecutors Admit Error in Terror Sting: Evidence Used in Albany Mosque Raid May Have Been Mistranslated
August 18, 2004, Marc Santora, The New York Times, Key Evidence Cast in Doubt on a Claim of Terrorism
August 18, 2004, Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times, Inquiry Into F.B.I. Questioning Is Sought
August 18, 2004, John J. Lumpkin, Associated Press, 4 Guantanamo inmates expected to challenge interrogations
August 18, 2004, The Chicago Sun Times, Coalition seeks detainee information, sues for names of detainees identified via NSEERS
August 18, 2004, Natasha Korecki, The Chicago Sun Times, Muslim sues, says he was called 'bin Laden' while working
August 18, 2004, Dan Cryer, Newsday, Lewis Lapham fears for your liberty: In 'Gag Rule,' Harper's Lewis Lapham argues that the Patriot Act of 2001 tramples on American liberties
August 18, 2004, Tom Lochner, Knight Ridder, `Pentagon Papers' source calls for more government leaks
August 17, 2004, Chris Strohm, GovExec.com, Lawmakers worry that homeland security overshadows civil rights
August 17, 2004, Village Voice, Mom! Dad! It's the FBI! Anti-GOP protesters and their families questioned by federal agents
August 17, 2004, David Ignatius, The Washington Post, Don't Politicize Terrorism
August 17, 2004, Michael Powell and Michelle Garcia, The Washington Post, New York Vs. the Protesters: City Must Balance Freedom, Security
August 17, 2004, Editorial, The New York Times, Interrogating the Protestors
August 17, 2004, Rachel L. Swarns, The New York Times, Government to Take Over Watch-List Screening
August 17, 2004, Amy Waldman and Eric Lipton, The New York Times, New Cooperation and New Tensions in Terrorist Hunt
August 17, 2004, Tom Hayes, Associated Press, FBI, N.Y. police track activists: GOP convention spurs surveillance
August 17, 2004, Nick McKenzie, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Independent Australian lawyer to sit in on Hicks hearing
August 17, 2004, Associated Press, Guantanamo man goes before review tribunal
August 17, 2004, Karen Abbott, Rocky Mountain News, Criminal money laundering case against Somali man dismissed
August 16, 2004, Michael Isikoff & Mark Hosenball, Newsweek, New CIA Director Wants Power to Spy On, Arrest, U.S. Citizens
August 16, 2004, Tony Loci, USA TODAY, U.S. seeks to monitor detainee-lawyer meetings at Gitmo
August 16, 2004, Dahlia Lithwick, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, Muzzling Free Speech
August 16, 2004, Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times, F.B.I. Goes Knocking for Political Troublemakers
August 16, 2004, Rachel L. Swarns, The New York Times, Detention of British Travelers Brings New Policy
August 16, 2004, James Brovard, The Boston Globe, Privacy vs. safety in screening travelers and Cathy Young, New border controls test limits of intrusiveness
August 14, 2004, Guantanamo Review Hearings:
- Robert Burns, Associated Press, 4 Detainees Confirmed 'Enemy Combatants'
- Adam Liptak, The New York Times, Military Tribunals Uphold Detentions of 4
- Guy Taylor, The Washington Times, Panel reviews labeling of Gitmo inmates
August 14, 2004, Philip Shenon, The New York Times, American Caught With Taliban Seeks Review of 20-Year Term
August 13, 2004, Bob Herbert, The New York Times, Ashcroft's Quiet Prisoner
August 13, 2004, Lynette Clemetson, The New York Times, Coalition Seeks Action on Shared Data on Arab-Americans
August 13, 2004, Associated press/ABCNews, Official: No Evidence Attack Is Imminent
August 13, 2004, Leigh Sales, The World Today, Hicks defence team seeks January trial date
August 13, 2004, Stevenson Jacobs, Associated press/The Monterey Herald, Guantanamo Tribunals Pick Up the Pace
August 13, 2004, Jess Ghannam, The San Francisco Chronicle, Revoking the license to hate
August 12, 2004, Associated press/CNN, No witnesses for Guantanamo detainee
August 12, 2004, Associated press/ABCNews, Lawyers Work to Free Former Combatant
August 12, 2004, Dahlia Lithwick, The New York Times, Tyranny in the Name of Freedom
August 12, 2004, Ronald Dworkin, The New York Review of Book, What the Court Really Said
August 12, 2004, Susan Barnes-Gelt, The Denver Post, Thankful for open society
August 11, 2004, Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball, Newsweek, Goss's Wish List
August 11, 2004, Vanessa Blum, Legal Times, The Details of DOJ's Patriot Push
August 11, Associated press/The Boston Globe, US announces plans to hasten deportations
August 11, 2004, David Koenig, Associated press/Star-Telegram, Fourth suspect freed pending trial
August 11, 2004, John Hall, The Cincinnati Post, We need checks, balance
August 10, 2004, Jim Lobe, Inter Press Service/Common Dreams News Center, Bush Team on Defensive Over al-Qaeda Leak
August 10, 2004, Associated press/ABCNews, Leak Allowed al-Qaida Suspects to Escape
August 10, 2004, Charlie Savage & Bryan Bender, The Boston Globe, Leak of Qaeda suspect name criticized
August 10, 2004, Democracy Now!, FBI Mosque Raid Criticized
August 10, 2004, Dan Eggen, The Washington Post, Hijackers' Friend Objects to 9/11 Report: Yemeni Man Asserts He Didn't Know of Plot
August 10, 2004, Dan Eggen & Sari Horwitz, The Washington Post, Capitol Police Chief Sees No Specific Threat to Hill: Gainer Disputes Charge By White House Adviser
August 10, 2004, Gina Holland, Associated press/The Boston Globe, Lawyers rap US detainee handling: ABA condemns 'widespread pattern' of abuse
August 10, 2004, Richard Brenneman, Berkeley Daily Planet, Librarians Win Battle Against Ashcroft's Edict to Censor Statute Documents
August 10, 2004, Press Association/The Guardian, 9/11 suspect's retrial begins
August 10, 2004, Oren J. Teicher, Newsday, The FBI shouldn't be reading over our shoulders
August 9, 2004, Kim Zetter, Wired News, Big Business Becoming Big Brother
August 9, 2004, John Solomon, Associated press/The Boston Globe, Memos show evidence on terror blocked
August 9, 2004, Reuters/The Sydney Morning Herald, Bahrain royal tortured at Guantanamo - human rights group
August 8, 2004, Timothy Egan, The New York Times, Sensing the Eyes of Big Brother, and Pushing Back
August 8, 2004, Deb Riechmann, Associated press/New York Newsday, Bush Aide Believes Terrorists Set Back
August 8, 2004, Ian James, Associated press/The Dunn County News, Iranian Detainee Boycotts Military Hearing
August 8, 2004, CNN, Iraq shuts Al-Jazeera's Baghdad office: Qatar-based TV network to close in capital for one month
August 8, 2004, Editorial, The Boston Globe, The Constitution s voice
August 8, 2004, Editorial, The New York Times, And Now, the Hard Part
August 8, 2004, Jim Lobe, BELLACIAO, Prisoner Abuse Scandal Rocks Legal, Medical Worlds
August 8, 2004, Dave Marash, ABCNews, Abu Ghraib Victims Speak
August 7, 2004, Abu Ghraib abuse trial of Lynndie England:
- Kate Zernike, The New York Times, At Abuse Hearing, No Testimony That G.I.'s Acted on Orders
- Associate Press, The Desert Sun, Reservist says intelligence officials led abuses: Testimony conflicts with that given by other soldiers
- Allen G. Breed, Associated press/Seacoast Online, Soldier struggled over reporting abuse
August 7, 2004, Neil A. Lewis, The New York Times, Guantánamo Inmate Complains of Threats and Long Isolation
August 7, 2004, Rawya Rageh, Associated press/The Guardian, Iraqi Government Shuts Al-Jazeera Station
August 7, 2004, Associated press/Florida Today, Report: Mistaken terrorist was actually department store owner
August 7, 2004, Darrell Phillips, WMC-TV, Arab group slams Memphis City Council
August 7, 2004, Editorial, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Patriot Act: No rush to renew
August 6, 2004, Justin Rood, Page Fifteen/Salon.com, Protection -- or paranoia?
August 6, 2004, Haider Rizvi, Inter Press Service News Agency, Terror Alert Resounds in Muslim Communities
August 6, 2004, Jim Hightower, The Austin Chronicle, The Hightower Report: IS THIS AMERICA? FIGHT FOR YOUR FREEDOM TO READ
August 5, 2004, Former Guantanamo detainees' report:
- Vikram Dodd & Tania Branigan, The Guardian, US abuse could be war crime: Red Cross says Tipton Three may have case
- Charlie Savage, The Boston Globe, Ex-detainees detail alleged abuse at US base
- Andrew Cawthorne, Reuters, Britons Allege Guantanamo Abuses in U.S. Dossier
- Desmond Butler, Associated press/The Journal Gazette, Ex-detainees allege abuse at Guantanamo
August 5, 2004, BBC News, US defends Guantanamo tribunals
August 5, 2004, Associated press/MSNBC, N.Y. mosque raided, men held in missile sting: Two detainees tied to group with links to al-Qaida
August 5, 2004, Associated press/The New York Time, 2 Are Arrested in Albany for Allegedly Trying to Buy Missile
August 5, 2004, Josh White, The Washington Post, Military Intelligence Ordered Captives Hidden, Court Told
August 5, 2004, Associated press/Military.com, Pentagon To Probe Chaplain's Treatment
August 5, 2004, Will Lester, Associated press/Tallahassee Democrat, Harris Regrets Bogus Terror Plot Claim
August 5, 2004, Stephen Labaton, The New York Times, F.C.C. Supports Surveillance Rules on Internet Calls
August 5, 2004, Editorial, The New York Time, The Terror Alerts
August 5, 2004, John F. Sugg, Weekly Planet, One Man's Terrorist: The Al-Arian defense makes a new charge: selective enforcement
August 4, 2004, Julie Hilden, CNN, The constitutionality of police-imposed 'free-speech zones'
August 4, 2004, Ian James, Associated press/The Guardian, Four Guantanamo Prisoners Refuse Hearings
August 4, 2004, Vikram Dodd & Tania Branigan, The Guardian, Questioned at gunpoint, shackled, forced to pose naked. British detainees tell their stories of Guantánamo Bay
August 4, 2004, Robert L. Jamieson, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, U.S. sends Muslims mixed messages
August 4, 2004, Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post, Old Data, New Credibility Issues
August 4, 2004, Charlie Savage, The Boston Globe, Intelligence aides, ACLU hit 9/11 report: Oppose proposal to create national director position
August 4, 2004, Anne E. Kornblut & Charlie Savage, The Boston Globe, Bush on defensive over timing of terrorism warnings: Critics skeptical that alerts not politically driven
August 4, 2004, David Hackett, The Herald Tribune, Terror-plot statement a surprise in Indiana
August 4, 2004, Joplin Independent, Were Bush protesters harassed?
August 3, 2004, Chisun Lee, The Village Voice, The spread of racial profiling since 9-11: Civil Rights Rollback
August 3, 2004, Douglas Jehl & David Johnston, The New York Times, Reports That Led to Terror Alert Were Years Old, Officials Say
August 3, 2004, Guantanamo:
- Andrew Cawthorne, Reuters, Ex-Guantanamo detainee seeks "abuse videos"
- icScotland, Guantanamo claims by UK ex-detainee
- Mary Fitzgerald, The Washington Post, Detainees Seeking to End Hearings Without Counsel
- Gina Holland, Associated Press, Lawyers Seek to Block Guantanamo Hearings
August 3, 2004, Jessica E. Vascellaro, The Boston Globe, US security said to hurt foreign students: Educators seek easing of 9/11 crackdown
August 3, 2004, American Civil Liberties Union Press Release, ACLU Analyzes Civil Liberties in 9/11 Commission Report
August 3, 2004, Vanessa Blum, The Legal Times, Pitching the Patriot Act
August 3, 2004, William Rivers Pitt, AlterNet, Fabricating Terror
August 2, 2004, Associate press/The New York Times, U.S. Releases Five Guantanamo Prisoners
August 2, 2004, Islam Online, French Guantanamo Detainees Say Sexually Abused
August 1, 2004, Laure Bretton, Reuters, Judges Order Detention for French Guantanamo Men
August 1, 2004, Sibel Edmonds, Common Dreams News Center, Public Letter to 9/11 Commission Chairman from FBI Whistleblower
August 1, 2004, Bob Hoover, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Section 215's parameters speak too loudly for libraries
August 1, 2004, Anne Gearan, Associated press/Chicago Sun-Times, Navy has 1st hearing for Guantanamo detainee