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September 9, 2006: Lindsey Graham: accused terrorists must see evidence against them. James Rosen, Mercury News.
September 9, 2006: Bush admits secret CIA prisons. Tom Iggulden, Lateline.
September 8, 2006: Experts heap criticism on Bush plan to try detainees. Matthew B. Stannard, SF Chronicle.
September 8. 2006: Guantanamo prepares for uncertain future. James W. Crawley, Washington Dateline.
September 8, 2006: Terrorism courts face new attack. Marisa Taylor and Greg Gordon, ContraCostaTimes.
September 8, 2006: Cato Daily Dispatch for September 8, 2006. Cato Institute.
September 6, 2006: Duke prof: Proposed military commissions bill illegal. Herald Sun.
September 6, 2006: Army to Use Geneva Rules for Detainees. Julian E. Barnes, LA Times.
August 9, 2006: How an Overachieving Law Professor Toppled the President's Terror Tribunals. T.R. Goldman, Legal Times.
August 7, 2006: At detainees' trials, will hearsay be heard? Warren Richey, Christian Science Monitor.
July 18, 2006: A Way Out Of The Gitmo Mess. Andrew Cohen, CBS News.
July 17, 2006: The beginning of the end of Guantanamo. George P. Fletcher, Japan Times.
July 14, 2006: Terror-war Wackiness. Rosa Brooks, LA Times.
July 14, 2006: Messages Conflict on Detainee Trials. Maura Reynolds, LA Times.
July 13, 2006: Senate: How much leeway for Bush? Gail Russell Chaddock, Christian Science Monitor.
July 13, 2006: Geneva Policy Won't Halt US Interrogations. Reuters, (via NY Times).
July 13, 2006: Will US military treat detainees differently now? Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor.
July 13, 2006: Battle Looms in Congress Over Military Tribunals. Jonathan Weisman, Washington Post.
July 12, 2006: It's Bush's Way or the Highway on Guantanamo Bay. Dana Milbank, Washington Post.
July 12, 2006: Germany's Merkel likely to raise Guantanamo with Bush. Steve Holland, Reuters.
July 12, 2006: Administration Says It's Meeting Geneva Convention Standard. Peter Spiegel and Maura Reynolds, LA Times.
July 12, 2006: More Ambiguity About Torture. Dan Froomkin, Washington Post.
July 11, 2006: Pentagon to give rights to detainees. Demetri Sevasstopulo and Holly Yearger, Financial Times.
July 11, 2006: Sources: Rights pledge for Gitmo Detainees. CNN.
July 10, 2006: Detainee Rights Create a Right on Capitol Hill. Kate Zernike and Sheryl Gay Stolberg, NY Times.
July 10, 2006: Congress argues the recrafting of terror tribunals. Warren Richey, Christian Science Monitor.
July 9, 2006: Court's Decision Offers Scant Guidance. Neil A. Lewis, NY Times.
July 6, 2006: The imperial presidency crushed. Sidney Blumenthal, Salon.
July 5, 2006: From Georgetown Law Blog:

July 5, 2006: Top Ten Myths About Hamdan, Geneva, and Interrogations. Marty Lederman.
July 2, 2006: War Crimes Act and Hamdan. Rosa Brooks.
July 2, 2006: Giving the Administration a Mulligan. Randy Barnett.
June 30, 2006: Hamdan and the Geneva Conventions. Carlos Vasquez.
June 30, 2006: (Video). Webcast of panel discussion on Hamdan decision.
June 30, 2006: Hamdan Panel: Wrapup and Questions. Rebecca Tushnet.
June 30, 2006: Hamdan Panel: David Luban. Rebecca Tushnet.
June 30, 2006: Hamdan Panel: Carlos Vasquez. Rebecca Tushnet.
June 30, 2006: Hamdan Panel: Neal Katyal. Rebecca Tushnet.
June 30, 2006: Hamdan Panel: Mark Tushnet. Rebecca Tushnet.

July 5, 2006: Senators Kyl and Graham's Hamdan v. Rumsfeld Scam: The Deceptive Amicus Brief The Filed in the Guantanamo Case. John W. Dean, FindLaw.
July 5, 2006: The Supreme Court Guantanamo Ruling: How the Administration Should Respond. James Hay Carafano, Nile Gardiner, and Todd Gaziano. The Heritage Foundation.
July 4, 2006: A day to reflect upon the values of a free nation. Dorothey M. Ehrlich, San Fransisco Gate.
July 3, 2006: Hamdan, Common Article 3, and the True Spirit of the Law of War. Geoffrey S. Corn, Jurist.
July 2, 2006: McCain, Feinstein Debate Terrorist Trials. Ed O'Keefe, ABC News.
July 1, 2006: Gitmo win likely cost Navy lawyer his career. Paul Shukovsky, Seattle PI.
July 1, 2006: Detainee Stunned by court victory. Carol Rosenberg, McClatchy Newspapers (via Seattle Times).
July 1, 2006: Tribunal Ruling's Wider Impact Still Unclear. Peter Spiegel, LA Times.
July 1, 2006: Senate Armed Services Committee chair hesitant on Gitmo tribunals legislation. Holly Manges Jones, Jurist.
July 1, 2006: The Supreme Court reins in the president. Editorial, Roanoke Times.
June 30, 2006: Bench Slap. Eric Umansky, Slate.com.
June 30, 2006: Court declares Guantanamo tribunals illegal. James Vicini, Reuters (via Washington Post).
June 30, 2006: World Skeptical Over Guantanamo Bay Ruling. Paisley Dodds, Associated Press (via Washington Post).
June 30, 2006: War Crimes Trials: Proving Bin Laden Wrong. John W. Whitehead, The Rutherford Institute.
June 30, 2006: Legal Niceties at Guantanamo. Editorial, Denver Post.
June 30, 2006: A Declaration of Independence. Andrew Cohen, Washington Post.
June 30, 2006: John Howard calls for US to find another way to try David Hicks. Louise Yaxley, ABC Radio.
June 30, 2006: Did Bush commit war crimes? Rosa Brooks, LA Times.
June 30, 2006: Supreme Court rejects military tribunals. Warren Richey, Christian Science Monitor.
June 29, 2006: Fate of Detainees Unclear, Despite Court Ruling. Jackie Northam, NPR.
June 29, 2006: Senior Military Lawyer Was Leery of Tribunals. All Things Considered, NPR.
June 29, 2006: Supreme Court: Tribunals Exceeded Bush's Authority. Nina Totenberg, NPR.
June 29, 2006: 'Hamdan v. Rumsfeld': Legal Issues & Ramifications. NPR.
June 29, 2006: Duke Law School says ruling a victory. Paul Bonner, The Herald Sun.
June 29, 2006: Legislative Supremacy, The Laws of War, and the Geneva Holding. Marty Lederman, Balkinization and SCOTUSBlog.
June 29, 2006: Top Ten Things You Can Say About The Hamdan Case. Andrew Cohen, Washington Post.
June 29, 2006: Supreme Rebuke. Melonyce McAfee, Slate.com.
June 29, 2006: Bush may seek law of war changes in UCMJ. Pamela Hess, UPI.
June 29, 2006: Supreme Court Delivers Stunning Rebuke to Bush Administration Over Gitmo Trials. Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet.
June 29, 2006: Supreme Court Rejects Guantanamo Bay Military Tribunals. Steven C. Welsh, CDI.
June 29, 2006: USA: Supreme Court's ruling - a victory for human rights. Amnesty International.
June 27, 2006: Guantanamo Bay Poses Political Problem. ABC News.
June 27, 2006: U.S. court prepares ruling on Guantanano tribunals. James Vicini, Reuters (via Swiss Info).
June 27, 2006: Another chapter in a shameful story of justice denied. The Age.
June 26, 2006: Guantanamo, no. Comment, Globe and Mail.
June 26, 2006: The Hidden Power [describes how Colin Powell, Condeleeza Rice, and most of the national security establishment was entirely cut out of the military commissions and Geneva Conventions decisions]. Jane Mayer, New Yorker.
June 26, 2006: Teen's defense looks to doctor for help. Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald.
June 25, 2006: Court ruling could halt Guantanamo trials. Ben Fox, Associated Press (via Seattlepi.com).
June 22, 2006: Close Guantanamo? Editorial, Washington Post.
June 21, 2006: President now says he'll abide by international humanitarian law in
fight against terrorism. White House.
June 21, 2006: Bush suggests US trials for Guantanamo detainees at US-EU close. Joshua Pantesco, Jurist.
June 21, 2006: Wanted: A System of Justice. Editorial, Washington Post.
June 21, 2006: Gitmo attorneys make law journal's top 100. Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald.
June 20, 2006: Closing Time at Guantanamo. Eugene Robinson, Washington Post.
June 20, 2006: Court could get Bush out of jail over Guantanamo. Brownen Maddox, The Times Online.
June 20, 2006: Turn attention to true human rights abusers. Editorial, China Daily.
June 19, 2006: Letter from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops on Common Article 3.
June 19, 2006: Sending Shameful Signals. James Carroll, Boston Globe.
June 19, 2006: The Detention Dilemma. Editorial, Washington Post.
June 18, 2006: Imprisoned in Chaos. Editorial, Washington Post.
June 18, 2006: Letter from prominent U.K. Parliametarians urging the President to stop military commissions.
June 18, 2006: Kicked out of Gitmo. Carol J. Williams, LA Times.
June 17, 2006: Secrecy Surround Guantanamo Bay. Tim Rutten, LA Times.
June 14, 2006: U.N. Experts call on Supreme Court to Side with Hamdan.
June 18, 2006: Guantanamo Law. Bill Bishop, The Register-Guard.
June 16, 2006: Is Bush Signaling an About-Face on Detainees? Tony Mauro, Legal Times.
June 16, 2006: Guantanamo is fueling raids says UK minister. [Lord Chancellor says "Guantanamo Bay is a
recruiting agent" for terrorism.] Gulf Daily News.
June 15, 2006: U.S. rule of law. Our opinion: Provide real judicial review for Guantanamo captives. Editorial, Miami Herald.
June 14, 2006: Bush: Guantanamo's future up to Supreme Court. Laura Parker, USA Today.
June 14, 2006: Pentagon suspends hearings after suicides at Gitmo prison. Editorial, Washington Times.
June 14, 2006: A Prison We Need to Escape. David Ignatius, Washington Post.
June 13, 2006: The Deaths at Gitmo. Editorial, NY Times.
June 13, 2006: Deaths at Guantanamo. Editorial, The Boston Globe.
June 13, 2006: Guantanamo deaths deepen harm to U.S. image abroad. Editorial, USA Today.
June 13, 2006: America's shame. Editorial, Houston Chronicle.
June 13, 2006: Guantanamo betrays America's values. Editorial, Roanoke Times.
June 13, 2006: Guantanamo flies in face of 1,000 years of Western legal standards. Editorial, Citizen-Times.com.
June 13, 2006: Despair at Guantanamo: The three suicides should spur action on administration's detention policy. Editorial, Newsday.com.
June 13, 2006: Our View - Guantanamo Bay a growing embaressment. Editorial, The Free Press (Mankato FreePress.com).
June 13, 2006: Rights matter in terror war. Editorial, The Leader-Post.
June 12, 2006: Pressure grows on Guantanamo Bay. Paul Reynolds, BBC News.
June 12, 2006: Criticism of Guantanamo rises; Pentagon IDs 3 who killes selves. Charlie Savage, Boston Globe.
June 11, 2006: Guantanamo's First Suicides Pressure U.S. Julian E. Barnes and Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times (via KTLA the WB).
June 9, 2006: President Bush sides with Hamdan and now says Guantanamo detainees "ought to be tried in courts here in the United States." June 9, 2006, Press Conference between President Bush and Prime Minister Rasmussen of Denmark at Camp David.

June 6, 2006: Degrading America's Image. Editorial, NY Times.
June 4, 2006: The horrors really are your America , Mr. Bush. Andrew Sullivan, The Sunday Times.
June 4, 2006: Bush, Military Ethics, Haditha. Andrew Sullivan, blog: Andrew Sullivan.
June 3, 2006: Judges seek fair trial for Hicks. Richard Kerbaj, The Australian.
May 25, 2006: US court halts Guantanamo military trial. ABC Online (Australia).
May 22, 2006: After You, Says the President. Abner J. Mikva and James E. Pfander, Legal Times.
May 22, 2006: Gitmo, get gone. Editorial, Los Angeles Times.
May 21, 2006: A Nuremberg for Our Time. Dahlia Lithwick, Washington Post.
May 19, 2006: Feldman: Guantanamo Detainees May Be Difficult to Try, Depending on Hamdan Ruling. (Interview by Carin Zissis). Council on Foreign Relations.
May 17, 2006: U.N. Urges Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facility. Colum Lynch, Washington Post.

Full Text of U.N. Report.

May 17th, 2006: Pending Ruling Stalls Guantanamo Tribunals. Jane Sutton, Reuters.
May 13, 2006: Judge Delays Hearing in Terrorism Case. Associated Press (via LA Times).
May 12, 2006: Judge orders Pentagon to suspend trial of Saudi detainee. Carol Rosenberg, Knight Ridder Newspapers (via HeraldToday.com).
May 10, 2006: UK calls for Guantanamo Closure. BBC News.

Full Text of the Speech of the United Kingdom Attorney General, Lord
Goldsmith, on May 10, 2006.

May 10, 2006: The Gitmo 'decider'. Editorial, Los Angeles Times.
May 10, 2006: Camp Fire. Dahlia Lathwick, Slate.com.
May 7, 2006: Attorney General Calls for Guantanamo to Close. Jamie Doward and Mark Townsend, Guardian Unlimited.
May 7, 2006: Bush says he'd like to close Guantanamo. Associated Press (via CenterDaily.com).
April 23, 2006: Court trials come slowly for detainees in terrorism cases. Andrew Zajac, Chicago Tribune (via ContraCostaTimes.com).
April 20, 2006: Case takes students to Supreme Court. Andrew Mangino, Yale Daily News.
April 9, 2006: Supreme Court Judges Bush. Nat Hentoff, Village Voice.
April 7, 2006: Upcoming Guantanamo decision is crucial to US. Steven Pieragastini, The Observer (Case Western).
April 6, 2006: Boycott Threat Roils Guantanamo Hearing. Tim Golden, NYT.
April 5, 2006: Shadow falls over U.S. military tribunals. Andrew Selsky, Associate Press (via Seattle Post-Intelliger)
April 5, 2006: How not to read a Court transcript. Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog.
April 4, 2006: One man's battle for U.S. Credibility. Union-Tribune.
April 4, 2006: The Specter of Hamdan. Priti Patel, ACS Blog.
April 4, 2006: Restore legitimacy in legal war on terror. Brandon Franklin, Daily Trojan.
March 31, 2006: Why Sweat the Details of the Legal War on Terror. Ann Woolner, Bloomberg.com.
March 30, 2006: Defending Detainee Defends Us. Danny Westneat, Seattle Times.
March 30, 2006: Why Hamdan is Right about Conspiracy Liability. David Scheffer, Jurist.
March 29, 2006: Record Shows Senators' 'Debate' That Wasn't. Dan Eggen, Washington Post.
March 29, 2006: Justices Hint That They'll Rule on Challenge Filed by Detainee. Linda Greenhouse, NYT.
March 29, 2006: Case Test Power of Judiciary, President. Charles Lane, Washington Post.
March 29, 2006: Court Appears Wary of Terror War Tribunals. David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times.
March 29, 2006: Justices weigh plea of detainee at Guantanamo. Andrew Zajac, Chicago Tribune.
March 29, 2006: Guantanamo's day of reckoning in supreme court. Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian Unlimited.
March 29, 2006: Terrorism case will test presidential powers. Greg Stohr, Bloomberg (via China Post).
March 29, 2006: US Court hears Guantanamo Case. Herald Sun.
March 29, 2006: Supreme Court hears Hamdan arguments. Andrew Mangino, Yale Daily News.
March 29, 2006: US Supreme Court will decide on Guantanamo military tribunals. Kim Landers, ABC.
March 28, 2006: Because I Say So: The Supreme Court takes the military tribunals out for a spin. Dahlia Lithwick, Slate.com.
March 28, 2006: Don't Discard Rules in the War on Terror. William S. Shepard, Baltimore Sun.
March 28, 2006: Top Law Firms Join Forces in Landmark Detainee Case. Tony Mauro, Legal Times (through Law.com).
March 28, 2006: The High Court's Highest-Stakes Case. Marcia Coyle, The National Law Journal (through Law.com).
March 28, 2006: Supreme Court Questions Military Trials. Gina Holland, Associated Press (through Hinesberg Journal).
March 28, 2006: Detainee's Lawyer Tells Justices that Military Commissions are Illegal. Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald.
March 28, 2006: Supreme Court Debates Military Trials for Detainees. NPR.org.
March 28, 2006: High Court Weighs War Powers. Online NewsHour.
March 28, 2006: High court case tests extent of presidential powers in war. Joan Biskupic, USA Today.
March 28, 2006: Judges cast doubt on validity of Guantanamo trials. Financial Times (through MSNBC).
March 28, 2006: Hamdan trial will question legality. Andrew Mangino, Yale Daily News.
March 28, 2006: Lawyer for Bin Laden's driver urges curb on Bush's trial powers. Gina Holland, Associated Press (via Seattle Times).
March 28, 2006: Top U.S. court asked to curb Bush's wartime powers. CBC News.
March 28, 2006: Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Terrorism Tribunals. Jim Malone, Voice of America News.
March 28, 2006: High Court Mulls Presidential Power. CBS News.
March 28, 2006: US Supreme Court Hears Case That Tests President's Wartime Powers. Voice of America News.
March 27, 2006: Invisible Men: Did Lindsay Graham and Jon Kyl mislead the Supreme Court? Emily Bazelon, Slate.com. (Listen to this story from NPR)
March 27, 2006: Bin Laden Challenges Tribunals. Bill Mears, CNN.
March 27, 2006: Detainee Case Will Pose Delicate Question for Court. Linda Greenhouse, NYT.
March 27, 2006: Court Case Challenges Power of President. Charles Lane, Washington Post.
March 27, 2006: At court, a terror case rife with tough issues. Warren Richey, Christian Science Monitor.
March 27. 2006: Should I Sue Bush or Rumsfeld? Daniel Engbar, Slate.com.
March 27, 2006: Sins of Commissions. Editorial, Washington Post.
March 27, 2006: Decommission the Commissions. Stuart Taylor Jr., National Journal.
March 26, 2006: Driver for bin Laden tests war tribunal. Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald.
March 26, 2006: A Bellwether for the Power of a President. Jonathan Mahler, NYT.
March 25, 2006: Bush's Powers Again Under Review by Court. Gina Holland, Associated Press (Forbes.com).
March 25, 2006: Justices to hear constitutional challenges to special war courts. Carol Rosenberg, Knight Ridder Newspapers (HeraldToday.com).
March 20, 2006: The President and the Courts. Editorial, N.Y. Times.
March 20, 2006: Another Blown Case? Editorial, Washington Post.
February 24, 2006: Emily Bazelon, Tight Briefs: The government's tricky lawyering in the Guantanamo Bay cases. Slate.com.
February 22, 2006: Justice's May Hear Detainee's Appeal. Josh White, Washington Post.
February 15, 2006: Crossroads for Detainees, Warren Richey, Christain Science Monitor.
February 1, 2006: Judith Resnik, Opening the Door. Court Stripping: unconscionable and unconsitutional? Slate.com.
January 23, 2006: William Fisher, Who Says the Government Can't Hustle? OpEdNews.com.
January 13, 2006: U.S. Seeks to Avoid Detainee Ruling, Dan Eggan and Josh White, Washington Post.
January 10, 2006: Detainee Case Hits on Limits of Presidency, Linda Greenhouse, NYT.
January 8, 2006: The Bush Administration vs. Salim Hamdan, Jonathan Mahler, NYT.
December 22, 2005: Floor Statement of Senator Carl Levin on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006.
December 16, 2005: Levin Statement on Conference Agreement on Treatment of Detainees.
December 15, 2005: Protect Habeas Corpus at Guantanamo, Letter to the Editor from John D. Hutson and David M Brahms, Wash Post.
December 8, 2005: Tortured Rationale, Emily Bazelon, Slate.com.
December 7, 2005: Detainee's Lawyer Says Captives Foment Mistrus t, Neil Lewis, NYT.
November 9, 2005: Supreme Court to Hear Case on Military Tribunals. Talk of the Nation. NPR.com.
November 8, 2005: Testing Tribunals. Eric Umansky, Slate.com.
November 8, 2005: High Court to Hear Case on War Powers. Charles Lane, Washington Post.
November 8, 2005: Supreme Court to Hear Tribunals Challenge. Gina Holland, AP. (Found at washingtonpost.com).
November 8. 2005: Justices to Rule On a Challenge to Military Tribunals. Linda Greenhouse, NY Times. (Subscription Required).
November 7, 2005: High Court to Hear Challenge to Military Tribunals. Nina Tutenberg. NPR.com.
November 7, 2005: Court Takes up Challenge to Terror Tribunals. The Associated Press. (Found at cnn.com).
November 4, 2005: Retired CIA Official Milt Bearden, When the CIA Played by the Rules, N.Y. Times.
November 3, 2005: Col. Will Gunn (U.S. Air Force, Ret.), Why the Supreme Court Needs to Hear Hamdan Now, Natl. Institute for Military Justice.
November 2, 2005: Admiral John Hutson (Ret.) & Deborah Pearlstein, Time to Decide on Hamdan, American Constitution Society.
October 27, 2005: Hear Me, Hear Me: The Case of the Year That the Supreme Court May Duck. Emily Bazelon, Slate.com.
October 27, 2005: Oona Hathaway, Hathaway on Hamdan.
October 26, 2005 Statement from 450 Law Professors Urging Certiorari in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. Text of Statement. Signatories. Transmittal Letter to Senators Specter and Leahy
- UPDATE: 107 additional signatories to Letter (Nov. 2, 2005)
October 24, 2005: Owen Bonheimer, Blind Justice: Fair Trials for Salim Hamdan Here and Saddam Hussein in Iraq Can't be Based on Secret Evidence. The World is Watching Us, Legal Times, at 43
October 13, 2005: Michael Dorf, Stop Punting: The Supreme Court keeps putting off Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. It's time to take it on, American Prospect.
October 13, 2005: David Remes, Why the Court Should Hear Hamdan, ACS Blog.
October 12, 2005: David Luban, Human Rights in the Balance: What is at Stake in Hamdan, Balkinization.
September 21, 2005: David Glazier, Military Injustice, Slate Magazine.

Selected Pieces of Interest:

February 20, 2006: The Memo: How an internal effort to ban the abuse and torture of detainees was thwarted. Jane Mayer, New Yorker.

See also: "Mora Memo", Memorandum of Alberto J Mora for the Secretary of the Navy, July 7, 2004.

February 16, 2006: Report of the UN Commission on Human Rights, United Nations.
February 16, 2006: Invisible Men. The not-people we're not holding at Guantanamo Bay. Dahlia Lithwick, Slate.com.
February 8, 2006: Report on the Guantnamo Detainees. Mark Denbeaux and Joshua Denbeaux.
February 3, 2006: Empty Evidence. Corine Hegland, National Journal.
February 3, 2006: Who's Who at Guantanamo Bay. Corine Hegland, National Journal.

Other Sources of Media:

June 29, 2006: Pictures from the post-decision press conference. Nadia Asancheyev.