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Obama Grants More Rights to Gitmo Detainees
newsmax.com ^ | Sept. 13, 2009

Posted on 09/13/2009 7:12:21 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

NEW YORK - The Obama administration plans to issue new guidelines meant to provide prisoners at a U.S. detention center in Afghanistan greater latitude in challenging their detention, The New York Times reported in its Sunday edition.

Citing Pentagon officials and advocates for detainees at the U.S.-run prison at Bagram Air Base, the newspaper said each of the approximately 600 detainees would be assigned a U.S. military official who would have the authority to look for evidence, including witnesses and classified material, for any detainee challenging his detention.

The challenges would be heard by a military-appointed review board, the Times said.

The new policies are expected to be announced as early as this week, after congressional review, the paper reported, but it was unclear how quickly they could be implemented.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 8thanniversary; bhodoj; detainees; eighthanniversary; gitmo; obama
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1 posted on 09/13/2009 7:12:21 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

A message to the American people and our military: IN YOUR FACE!!!


2 posted on 09/13/2009 7:13:34 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: Free ThinkerNY
I heard somewhere today that Obama extended the "Cash for Clunkers" program for Gitmo detainees only.

sarc/

3 posted on 09/13/2009 7:13:56 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Americans! "Behaving badly" since April 19, 1775!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Back in pre- WWII - these terrorists would have the right to choose a bullet or rope.
4 posted on 09/13/2009 7:15:55 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Why doesn't he just free them all into the U.S. population and get it over with? We're doomed with this bastard at the helm!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!
5 posted on 09/13/2009 7:17:48 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
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To: EagleUSA

Why doesn’t he just let them go. At least make them swim back to caveland!


6 posted on 09/13/2009 7:18:49 PM PDT by cameraeye (A happy kufir!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Obama Grants More Rights to Gitmo Detainees
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and less rights to our military to defend themslves in battle...

Ah, who is he working as public servant for, again ???


7 posted on 09/13/2009 7:20:47 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Guess he cannot stand his Muslim brothers being in prison — doesn’t matter they want to kill Americans as he doesn’t consider himself one of us and his wife hates whites.


8 posted on 09/13/2009 7:21:32 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (Mary Fallin - OK Gov/Coburn - Senate 2010 ! Take Back the House/Senate! Stop ZERO!)
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Pretty soon he will make them eligible for U.S. citizenship and Obamacare.


9 posted on 09/13/2009 7:21:36 PM PDT by seawolf101
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10 posted on 09/13/2009 7:24:44 PM PDT by william clark (Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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11 posted on 09/13/2009 7:25:13 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
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Obama cares more about known terrorists than his does citizens protesters.


12 posted on 09/13/2009 7:25:19 PM PDT by Always Right
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Guess he cannot stand his Muslim brothers being in prison — doesn’t matter they want to kill Americans as he doesn’t consider himself one of us and his wife hates whites.

He's half white and half black so I guess that would explain her love / hate relationship with him.

13 posted on 09/13/2009 7:27:21 PM PDT by seawolf101
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Grant more rights to terrorists ... take more rights from real Americans. Is there a pattern here? Is there any doubt which side obama is on?


14 posted on 09/13/2009 7:27:39 PM PDT by TurtleUp (I believe that America is good and that human life is good, so I'm a conservative.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Eric Holder,s Law Firm Has a history of representing Terrorist.

Pay attention to Eric Holder’s law firm and Gitmo detainees
By Michelle Malkin • January 23, 2009 02:41 PM

http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/23/pay-attention-to-eric-holders-law-firm-and-gitmo-detainees/


15 posted on 09/13/2009 7:28:42 PM PDT by opentalk
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Libs never think about the repercussions of their actions - the military will simply stop taking as many prisoners.


16 posted on 09/13/2009 7:34:14 PM PDT by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
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I'm starting to hope the military does an end around 0 and gets useful intel from militants before 'disappearing' them.

Quietly and under the radar, of course.

17 posted on 09/13/2009 7:39:00 PM PDT by the anti-liberal
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Obama Grants More Rights to Gitmo Detainees

What is he? A taliban agent?!?

18 posted on 09/13/2009 7:39:53 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: opentalk
From your link:
The fact that Mr. Holder, while Deputy Attorney General, pushed for the release of 16 violent FALN terrorists against the advice of the FBI, the US Attorneys who prosecuted them and the NYPD officers who were maimed by them, suggests that he was perfectly willing to put politics before the national security interests of the country. He is not suited for the job of attorney general, which is central to the issues surrounding the disposition of war on terror detainees
Just WOW!
19 posted on 09/13/2009 7:42:21 PM PDT by the anti-liberal
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To: Free ThinkerNY
 

"Either you are with us or you are for the terrorists."
~~George W. Bush

20 posted on 09/13/2009 7:47:49 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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