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In a Slate Magazine article entitled The Dog Ate My Evidence (Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007), Dahlia Lithwick reports that the US DOJ has filed pleadings which state that the information used against the detainees at the CSRTs is not readily available, and cannot be "reasonably recompiled."
Dahlia Lithwick writes:
"Is the government taking
the position that this evidence is both critically, vitally, and hugely
important to national security, but also, um, lost? Not quite. But it
is saying that the "record" relied upon to lock up men for years is
somehow so scattered among various Department of Defense "components,
and all relevant federal agencies" that it cannot be pulled together
for a review. This claim—a version of "the dog ate our record"—is
triply sickening in light of the fact that some of the detainees at
Gitmo have reportedly undergone not one, not two, but three CSRTs,
because the Pentagon kept demanding that they be retried over and over again until they were found guilty."
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JUDGE RULES AGAINST U.S. GOVERNMENT IN FAVOR OF DETAINEE HELD IN BAGRAM, AFGHANISTAN BY U.S. FORCES
October 3, 2007, New York, NY-- In an important ruling in the case of Ruzatullah V. Rumsfeld (Case Number: 1:06-cv-1707) brought by the International Justice Network (IJN) and Baach Robinson & Lewis, a Washington DC law firm, Judge Gladys Kessler of the United States District Court (D.C.) ordered that the United States can not transfer a detainee held in US custody at the base without providing 30 days notice to detainees counsel. Kessler’s groundbreaking ruling extends the power of the U.S. Courts over detainees held at the Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan and opens the door for attorneys to be given an opportunity to challenge any potential transfer of their clients. |
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"If a little old lady in Switzerland gave money to a charity... and the money was passed to al Qaeda, could she be held as an enemy combatant ?"
"She could. Someone's intention is clearly not a factor that would disable detention."
Dep. Assoc. Attorney General Brian Boyle, testifying in a December 1, 2004 hearing before Judge Joyce Hens Green
According to American attorney Anant Raut, Charlotte Muschg and 99 other mature Swiss ladies signed a petition to change the Military Commissions Act.
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Washington, D.C. September 13, 2007--Today, a federal court in Washington, D.C. rejected the U.S. Government's request to dismiss the case of two Afghan men being held in U.S. custody without charge or trial at a U.S.-run prison in Afghanistan. The ruling is the second legal victory won by the International Justice Network (IJN) on behalf of foreign detainees held in U.S. custody outside the United States or Guantanamo. The case, Ruzatullah v. Gates, was filed in October of 2006 on behalf of two Afghan civilians who were taken from their homes and imprisoned without charge by the United States government in Bagram, Afghanistan.
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On August 14, 2007 friends, family and supporters of the 'GABNet 3' welcomed National Chairperson Dr. Annalisa Enrile, as well as GABNet founders, Ms. Judith Mirkinson and Ms. Ninotchka Rosca home. In early August of 2007, Dr. Enrile was informed that she would not be able to return to Los Angeles from the Philippines after attending the Women’s International Solidarity Affair because her name appeared on a state hold list, preventing her from leaving the country. Ms. Mirkinson and Ms. Rosca were reported to be on the same list.
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