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The worst human rights violator in Cuba
For decades, American politicians have denounced human rights violations in Cuba. With good cause, they've accused the Castro brothers of rounding up political prisoners, torturing them, and detaining them for years with no charges filed and no access...
Tags: Prisons, U.S. Department of Defense, Cuba, George W. Bush, National Defense Authorization Act
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The Guantanamo dilemma
When he ran for president, Barack Obama laid out the case against the detention of inmates at Guantanamo Bay: "It is expensive. It is inefficient. It hurts us in terms of our international standing. It lessens cooperation with our allies on...
Tags: White House, Al-Qaeda, Yemen, American Civil Liberties Union, Barack Obama
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Veterans seeking benefits endure long waits
Reading Eagle, Pa.Greg Massey's mission was top secret, and there was so much at stake. Massey was a Navy photographer ordered to take pictures of nuclear missile sites that Russia had built in Cuba. It was 1962, and the Cuban Missile Crisis loomed. So did the threat...Tags: Berks County, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Interior Policy, Army National Guard, Eric Shinseki
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Indefinite enemies
Robert KoehlerYou're strapped to a metal table, unable to move. They stick a two-foot plastic tube up your nose, then down the back of your throat into your stomach. They squirt in the liquid protein. You gag, bleed, vomit. It's unbearably painful. The practice of...Tags: Terrorism, Heads of State, Prisons, The Boston Globe, Government
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EDITORIAL: The Thursday wrap
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewFormer Democrat New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson says Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas should not be defined as a Hispanic -- his father was Cuban -- because, well, gee, he opposes the immigration reform measure wending its way through the Washington...Tags: Pittsburgh, Ted Cruz, Bill Richardson, Chris Murphy, National Rifle Association of America
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DVD reviews: 'Jack Reacher,' 'Mama' and 'Safe Haven'
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review"Jack Reacher" (2012, PG-13, 130 min., $30.99) Filmed in Pittsburgh, "Jack Reacher" didn't enjoy the best run in theaters. The picture, which is heavy on guns, ventured onto the silver screen around the same time as the tragic Sandy Hook Elementary School...Tags: Movies, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Josh Duhamel, Mama (movie), Rosamund Pike
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Letter: Why Gitmo may be here to stay
Re "Obama renews call to close prison," May 1 The slogan "Close Guantanamo" obscures as much as it illuminates. To be sure, the prison there must close, for as President Obama said this week, it is an affront to American values, our global standing...
Tags: Terrorism, U.S. Department of State, Prisons, Geography, University of California, Irvine
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Guantanamo camp burns through $900,000 a year per inmate
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) - It's been dubbed the most expensive prison on Earth and President Barack Obama cited the cost this week as one of many reasons to shut down the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, which burns through some $900,000 per...Tags: Prosecution, White House, Prisons, Military Equipment, Parties and Movements
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Guantanamo detainee says prison 'shakedown' sparked hunger strike
WASHINGTON — Obaidullah, an Afghan villager captured with diagrams of improvised bombs, has marked nearly 11 years as a detainee at the U.S. naval base on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Three months ago, outraged by what he called another prison...
Tags: White House, Prisoners and Detainees, Prisons, Al-Qaeda, U.S. Department of Defense
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Amid new security threats, some in U.S. Congress look to update 9/11 law
Reuters* Some say law stretched beyond original intent * Questions about Obama drone policy fuel talk of change * Backing from Democrats and Republicans By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) - A few dozen words rushed into law days after the Sept....Tags: White House, Parties and Movements, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Pakistan, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Reuters World News Highlights 2200 GMT May 2
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- SEOUL/WASHINGTON - North Korea sentenced an American citizen to 15 years of hard labor on Thursday for crimes against the state, prompting a U.S. call for his amnesty in hopes of avoiding him becoming a bargaining chip between...Tags: Bashar Assad, Bird Flu, Benjamin Netanyahu, Labor Legislation, Wars and Interventions
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COLUMN - Obama can close Guantanamo
Reuters(Daphne Eviatar is a Reuters columnist but her opinions are her own.) By Daphne Eviatar May 1 (Reuters) - At his news conference on Tuesday, President Barack Obama for the first time in years spoke about the controversial detention center at...Tags: U.S. Department of State, White House, Dianne Feinstein, Prisons, Chuck Hagel
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