Fmr. Chief Guantanamo Prosecutor Says Military Commissions “Not Justice”

As the first military tribunal conducted by the United States in more than half a century is scheduled to take place next week in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, we speak with Air Force Colonel Morris Davis, the former chief prosecutor at Guantanamo.

Comments (1) | Quote this article on your site | Views: 1192

Why Not?

IF YOU want to understand the policy of a country, look at the map - as Napoleon recommended.

Comments (5) | Quote this article on your site | Views: 2443

The Saudi Arabia kingdom can be the poster child for a characterization of the Middle East as an area that contains despotic governments and deprives its peoples of freedom and basic human rights. Let's add that most of the 9/11 conspirators and other al-Qaeda members, including bin Laden, were of Saudi origin.

Be first to comment this article | Quote this article on your site | Views: 924

IT WAS just a passing conversation, but it has stuck in my memory.

It was soon after the Six-Day War. I was coming out of the main hall of the Knesset, after making a speech calling for the immediate establishment of a Palestinian state.

Be first to comment this article | Quote this article on your site | Views: 1259

Ole - Ole, Ole, Ole

WHAT EXCITED the Israelis this week? What glued them to the TV and radio sets? What made them rush to buy newspapers at the kiosks?

Be first to comment this article | Quote this article on your site | Views: 947

The Bush administration's treatment of juvenile prisoners shipped to Guantánamo Bay defies logic as well as international law.

Comments (1) | Quote this article on your site | Views: 819

AND SUDDENLY: quiet. No Qassams. No mortar shells. The tanks are not rolling. The aircraft are not bombing.
 
In Sderot, sighs of relief. Children venture out. Inhabitants who have exiled themselves to other towns return home.

Be first to comment this article | Quote this article on your site | Views: 884

After the Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited opinion, upholding habeas corpus rights for the Guantánamo detainees, I was invited to appear on The O'Reilly Factor with guest host Laura Ingraham. Although she is a lawyer and former law clerk for Justice Clarence Thomas, Ingraham has no use for our judicial branch of government, noting that the justices are "unelected." 

Be first to comment this article | Quote this article on your site | Views: 865

An Apology

THIS WEEK, the Prime Minister of Canada made a dramatic statement in Parliament: he apologized to the indigenous peoples of his country for the injustices done to them for generations by successive Canadian governments.

Be first to comment this article | Quote this article on your site | Views: 1008

1965 was a very eventful year in Algeria. Jammu and Kashmir leader Sheikh Abdullah, who had been released from prison in India, under the pretext of seeing Algerian Revolutionary leader and President Ben Bella turned up in Algiers and met with Chinese Prime Minister Chou en Lai, also visiting Algeria.

Be first to comment this article | Quote this article on your site | Views: 2683