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  • WebMemo posted June 14, 2005 by Jack Spencer, Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., James Phillips, Alane Kochems No Good Reason To Close Gitmo

    While billions are victim to the regular abuse and tyranny of governments such as those of Sudan and China, much of the world's media and non-profit "human rights" resources focus on the U.S. Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Not a single person has been killed at the facility since it opened, and yet… Read more

  • Commentary posted September 28, 2009 by Charles Stimson Punting National Security to the Judiciary

    In a stunning display of political cowardice, the Obama administration has decided not to seek specific congressional authorization for a prolonged detention statute for Guantanamo Bay detainees deemed too dangerous to set free. It's the latest troubling flip flop by the president, an utter abdication of the lofty promises he made during his much-heralded… Read more

  • Backgrounder posted August 18, 2006 by Lee Casey, David Rivkin International Law and the Nation-State at the U.N.: A Guide forU.S. Policymakers

    Introduction Americans have pretty much always felt entitled to make law for themselves. As Virginia royal governor Alexander Spotswood complained 60 years before the Declaration of Independence, "by their professions and actions they [the colonials]… Read more

  • WebMemo posted July 5, 2007 by James Jay Carafano, Ph.D. The War on Terrorism: Habeas Corpus On and Off the Battlefield

    Congress is considering legislation to extend habeas corpus rights (i.e., the ability to challenge the legality of detention in a civil court) to unlawful enemy combatants. Granting terrorists rights to which they are not entitled will not make the world a safer place and will not win over America's enemies and critics.… Read more

  • WebMemo posted February 27, 2006 by Nile Gardiner, Ph.D., James Jay Carafano, Ph.D. The UN's Guantanamo Folly: Why the United Nations Report is Not Credible

    A new report from the UN Commission on Human Rights concludes by calling on the United States to close its detention facility at Guantanamo Bay "without further delay."[1] The report, issued by a body that counts Sudan, Cuba, China and Zimbabwe as current members,… Read more

  • WebMemo posted May 24, 2007 by Steven Groves The U.S. Deserves a Fair Report from the U.N. Human Rights Envoy

    From time to time, the United Nations deploys human rights experts-called "special rapporteurs"-to the United States and elsewhere to report on alleged human rights abuses. Over the years, the United States has tolerated the presence of these special envoys to investigate human rights practices regarding various issues, such as the death penalty, freedom of religion,… Read more

  • Commentary posted February 7, 2008 by James Jay Carafano, Ph.D. GITMO's Secret Chamber

    Since 9/11, the biggest disaster of the long war on terrorism has been the Bush administration's response to concerns about its wartime detention policies. This is particularly true of the way it has handled charges regarding Guantanamo Bay, the detention center for "the worst of the worst" captured in that war. Amazingly,… Read more

  • Commentary posted March 4, 2009 by Hans von Spakovsky Leahy's un-American Activities Commission

    For more than 200 years, the reins of America's leadership have been peacefully handed over from one administration to another, regardless of party affiliation, in part because we have never seriously indulged in criminalizing our political differences. My Russian immigrant father, who fled Communist persecution, told me more than once that avoiding political persecutions and show… Read more

  • Commentary posted July 8, 2009 by Charles Stimson, David Rivkin No Easy Answers

    The Obama administration waited until 5:45 p.m. on a Friday in late June to float the idea that it is considering an executive order authorizing prolonged detention of captured enemy combatants. The announcement was timed to run when most Washingtonians were tippling cocktails or en route to the beach to avoid expending much political capital on… Read more

  • Executive Summary posted November 5, 2001 by David Rivkin, Lee Casey, Darin Bartram Executive Summary: Bringing Al-Qaeda to Justice: The Constitutionality of Trying Al-Qaeda Terrorists in the Military Justice System

    The accompanying legal memorandum explores the question of whether it is constitutional to try members of the al-Qaeda terrorist network, who may have been involved in the September 11 attacks, under the U.S. military justice system rather than in federal district court. As many as 1,000 individuals have been detained by law enforcement authorities… Read more

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