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Expert: What the Jan. 6 committee could learn from failures of truth commissions to bring justice
There’s a long precedent of other countries setting up truth commissions
10/12/2022 15:30 UTC
Guantanamo's deepening failure
The secretive military system for prosecuting accused terrorists is a travesty, says the man who once ran it
02/07/2012 21:00 UTC
Biden White House blasts Manchin-GOP push for Social Security "death panel"
Biden spokesperson Andrew Bates called the proposed commissions a "death panel for Medicare and Social Security"
02/08/2023 10:00 UTC
Military commissions: A bad idea
They are a legal experiment that the Supreme Court has rejected. Federal courts can handle complex terrorism trials
03/11/2010 01:11 UTC
Obama can't fix the military commissions
The president won't be able to tweak the unlawful and inconsistent system for prosecuting Guant
05/08/2009 14:19 UTC
Obama's kinder, gentler military commissions
Bush critics vehemently objected to the idea of commissions generally. Will they continue to do so now that Obama supports them?
05/15/2009 14:55 UTC
Let the military commissions die
A lawyer for Guantanamo detainees explains why Obama and Congress shouldn't try to revive the failed system
08/04/2009 14:20 UTC
John Roberts' wife made millions from elite law firms, major companies: Whistleblower docs
"At least some of her remarkable success as a recruiter has come because of her spouse's position": whistleblower
05/02/2023 09:00 UTC
We're never closing Guantánamo: America is still living in George W. Bush's shadow
Obama vowed he'd shut the prison down. Eight years later, Donald Trump promises to "load it up with bad dudes"
04/21/2016 12:30 UTC
The end of Bush's kangaroo courts?
The dismissal of two cases in Guant
06/06/2007 15:06 UTC
Guantanamo's system of injustice
The first trial of an accused terrorist exposes the flaws of "reformed" military commissions
01/19/2012 23:14 UTC
Not letting abject ignorance interfere with opining
A writer at The Atlantic defends Guantanamo military commission based on the most obviously false claims possible. How and why does that happen?
01/22/2009 21:40 UTC
Maryland has created a truth commission on lynchings – can it deliver?
Can Maryland's truth commission to investigate the lynchings of at least 40 African Americans deliver?
06/25/2019 08:00 UTC
Do truth and reconciliation commissions heal divided nations?
Over the past three decades, more than 40 countries have established truth commissions
02/03/2019 09:00 UTC
Robert Gibbs endorses denial of civilian trials
What once horrified virtually all Democrats is now becoming bipartisan consensus
03/31/2010 21:32 UTC