The Bush Administration On Trial
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani
From Bloomberg:
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian who faces terrorism charges for his role in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies, asked a judge to order U.S. prosecutors to surrender information about “black sites” where he was held.
Ghailani faces federal [...]
Human Rights Groups Unhappy With Nobel Laureate’s Sudan Appeasement
The Washington Post reports:
Human rights groups and lawmakers are ratcheting up pressure on the Obama administration this week over its approach to ending violence in Sudan, saying the White House and the State Department are treading too cautiously in dealing with the government in Khartoum.
A coalition of U.S.-based advocates focused on the Darfur region — [...]
Nobel Laureate Knocked by Human Rights Groups
Eli Lake reports:
Human rights groups are beginning to question President Obama’s commitment to their issue as the administration engages authoritarian regimes, retains the option of sending terrorist suspects abroad to places where they might be tortured and puts off a presidential meeting with [fellow Nobel laureate and actual deity incarnate --.ed] the Dalai Lama….
Tom Malinowski, [...]
Some Muslims Tell Obama What They Want To Hear About From Him
And it’s not how we Americans have maligned the greatness of Islam for far too long, or the importance of the Israeli-Palestinian “peace process.” Pressuring Israel is something he can do on his own time, they seem to be suggesting by omission. What they want to hear about is freedom: freedom to speak without fear [...]
