by Graydon Gordian | Apr 28, 2010 | National Security, Topics
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — The pretrial hearing for the youngest accused war criminal in modern history began Wednesday with a judge ruling that the military tribunal could consider as evidence Omar Khadr’s statements that he was tortured during interrogations. Col....
by Graydon Gordian | Apr 27, 2010 | National Security
GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA—Nearly eight years after his capture, 23-year-old Omar Khadr will go before a military judge Wednesday in what one military legal adviser called the first substantive tribunal hearing of the Obama administration. Over the next two weeks, the...
by Graydon Gordian | Apr 19, 2010 | Immigration, National Security
WASHINGTON — The violence on the Mexican-American border has been steadily escalating and the two senators from Arizona are saying enough is enough. Flanked by local Arizona law enforcement officials, Republican Sens. Jon Kyl and John McCain unveiled a 10-point...
by Graydon Gordian | Apr 14, 2010 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder Wednesday defended himself against Republican criticism that the Justice Department is treating terrorism suspects as criminals rather than enemies of the state. Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Holder...
by Graydon Gordian | Apr 6, 2010 | National Security
WASHINGTON — When a federal court in California ruled last week that the National Security Agency’s electronic surveillance of the Oregon-based Islamic charity Al-Haramain and two of its attorneys was illegal, civil liberties advocates claimed victory. But some...
