Tag Archive 'torture'

“Hero Of Guantanamo” Passed Up For Promotion

October 11th, 2006

Lt. Commander Charles Swift, the lawyer who represented Guantanamo detainee Salim Hamdan in the landmark Supreme Court case that ruled President Bush’s military commissions unconstitutional and in violation of international law, will be “passed over for promotion by the Pentagon and must soon leave the military.”
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LETTER: Powell Says Bush Plan To OK Torture “Would Put Troops At Risk”

September 15th, 2006

ThinkProgress has the actual letter. “The world is beginning to doubt the moral basis of our fight against terrorism. To redefine Common Article 3 would add to those doubts. Furthermore, it would put our own troops at risk.”
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