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• Study blames Guantanamo guards for suicide, UPI (8/23/08)
• Guantanamo captive wins access to 'torture' documents, Wales Online (8/22/08)
• British resident wins Guantanamo ruling, AFP (8/21/08)
• Study blames Guantanamo guards for suicide, UPI (8/23/08)
• Guantanamo captive wins access to ‘torture’ documents, Wales Online (8/22/08)
• British resident wins Guantanamo ruling, AFP (8/21/08)
• Khadr 'victim of a war crime', Canwest News (8/12/08)
• Detainee May Not Go Free After Sentence, The Washington Post (8/10/08)
  Coincidence? Guantanamo term ends as Bush's does, Reuters (8/10/08)
• Ending the psychological mind games on detainees, The Boston Globe (8/10/08)
• Editorial: The United States v. the Driver, The New York Times (8/9/08)
• Bin Laden driver Salim Hamdan trial a disaster for George Bush, The Times - London (8/8/08)
• Lawyers for Guantanamo inmate sue Canadian PM, Reuters (8/8/08)
• Suit demands PM intervene to help Khadr, The Globe and Mail - Canada (8/8/08)
• 66 months for Osama Bin Laden's driver, McClatchy Newspapers (8/8/08)
• Bin Laden Driver Sentenced to a Short Term, The New York Times (8/7/08)
• Osama bin Laden's driver sentenced to less than six years, AFP (8/7/08)
• Salim Hamdan's Sentence Signals the End of Guantanamo, The Huffington Post (8/7/08)
• Guantanamo Bay is just an edifice of justice, The Telegraph - London (8/6/08)
• Panel Convicts bin Laden Driver in Split Verdict, The New York Times (8/6/08)
• Military jury convicts bin Laden's ex-driver, International Herald Tribune (8/6/08)
• U.S. May Have Taped Visits to Detainees, The Washington Post (8/5/08)
• Mistrial avoided, but no verdict yet at Guantanamo, Reuters (8/5/08)
• Trial could brings US closer to closing Guantanamo, The Associated Press (8/5/08)
• Jury is out for Hamdan -- and the tribunal process, Los Angeles Times (8/4/08)
• Gitmo interrogators shift focus to prison activity, The Associated Press (8/3/08)
• U.S. mulls what do to with any Guantanamo convict, The Washington Post (8/2/08)

• US holds 1st secret session of war crimes court, The Associated Press (7/31/08)
• In Detainee Trial, System Is Tested, The New York Times (7/29/08)
• Editorial: War-Crimes Tribunal, The Philadelphia Inquirer (7/28/08)
• Former Qatari Guantanamo detainee returns home, International Herald Tribune (7/27/08)
• Activists plan rallies to urge Canada to repatriate young Guantanamo detainee, International Herald Tribune (7/25/08)
• Guantanamo prisoners reportedly not told of rights, The Associated Press (7/23/08)
• Evidence against terrorism suspect barred at Guantanamo trial, Los Angeles Times (7/22/08)
• Rules for Guantanamo Bay proceedings are still unclear, Los Angeles Times (7/22/08)
• Guantánamo's kangaroo court, The Guardian - London (7/21/08)
• 1st terrorism trial begins at Guantanamo Bay, CBC News - Canada (7/21/08)
• First trial of Guantanamo inmate to begin Monday, AFP (7/20/08)
• Yemen wants US to hand over Guantanamo detainees, AFP (7/19/08)
• Last Hurdles Crossed for Guantanamo Trial Monday, McClatchy Newspapers (7/18/08)
• First Guantanamo war-crimes trial set to begin, Los Angeles Times (7/18/08)
• Sides clash over treatment of Bin Laden's driver, Reuters (7/17/08)
• Canada dismisses pressure over Guantanamo inmate, Reuters (7/16/08)
• First Guantanamo trial should begin - US govt., Reuters (7/15/08)
• First Guantanamo video released, BBC News (7/15/08)
• Video shows weeping Canadian Guantanamo inmate, Reuters (7/15/08)
• Detainee’s Lawyers Make Claim on Sleep Deprivation, The New York Times (7/15/08)
• Sleep deprivation raised in bin Laden driver case, Reuters (7/14/08)
• Khadr a 'broken down young man', Calgary Herald - Canada (7/14/08)
• A Kafkaesque process, The Gazette (Montreal) - Canada (7/14/08)
• Editorial: End-game nears for Guantánamo process, Miami Herald (7/11/08)
• Lawyers, advocates dispute Harper claim of 'no real alternative' on Khadr, The Canadian Press (7/10/08)
• Canada's secret documents on Khadr's treatment revealed, The Globe and Mail - Canada (7/9/08)
• Judge urges speed in Guantánamo cases, Miami Herald (7/9/08)
• Judge to White House: Guantanamo is top priority, The Associated Press (7/8/08)
• ACLU: U.S. blocking payments to Guantanamo attorneys, Miami Herald (7/8/08)
• Guantanamo Bay may be turned into marine 'rapid reaction' base, The Telegraph - London (7/7/08)
• 'No progress' on mass Guantanamo prisoner transfer, The Associated Press (7/7/08)
• Truth and the Gitmo detainees, Chicago Tribune (7/6/08)
• Closing Gitmo: Timing is Everything, ABC News (7/4/08)
• Debate Over Guantanamo's Fate Intensifies, The Washington Post (7/4/08)
• White House debates the future of Guantanamo, Los Angeles Times (7/4/08)
• Two Subplots in Guantánamo’s Long Legal Story, The New York Times (7/4/08)
• Lawyers ask judge to stop first Guantanamo trial, Reuters (7/3/08)
• Bush Says No 'Imminent' Decision on Guantanamo, FOX News (7/3/08)
• China Inspired Interrogations at Guantánamo, The New York Times (7/2/08)

• U.S. court overturns Pentagon's case against Guantánamo detainee, International Herald Tribune (7/1/08)

• Guantanamo's days numbered, tough choices ahead, The Associated Press 6/29/08)
• Navy to keep Guantanamo base if prison closes, The Associated Press (6/29/08)
• Judge says Supreme Court ruling no reason to delay 1st Guantanamo trial, International Herald Tribune (6/27/08)
• Defence lawyers to get Khadr video, Toronto Star (6/26/08)
• Guantánamo detainees' move to Kansas fought, Detroit Free Press (6/26/08)
• US to carry on military trials at Guantanamo despite ruling, AFP (6/24/08)
• Court rules in favor of Chinese Muslim held at Gitmo, CNN (6/23/08)
• Appeals court rules for Guantanamo detainee, The Associated Press (6/23/08)
• White House Dismissed Legal Advice On Detainees, The Washington Post (6/21/08)
• Where should the U.S. try terrorism cases? Domestic terror courts, The Salt Lake Tribune (6/20/08)
• Editorial: U.S. is still a nation governed by its laws, Reading Eagle - Pennsylvania (6/20/08)
• Report: Bush administration wants to rewrite evidence against Gitmo prisoners, USA Today (6/20/08)
• Former navy legal chief condemns Guantánamo 'cruelty', Financial Times - London (6/18/08)
• Report: Exams reveal abuse, torture of detainees, CNN (6/18/08)
• Human rights group says it has proof of detainee abuse, The Boston Globe (6/18/08)
• Guantanamo war crimes court back in session, The Huffington Post (6/17/08)
• Tory 'opinion' justifies leaving Khadr in Guantanamo, Canwest News Service (6/17/08)
• Guantánamo Bay: Pentagon 'was warned over interrogation methods', The Guardian - London (6/17/08)
• Guantanamo and the betrayal of American values, San Francisco Chronicle (6/17/08)
• Guantanamo: Beyond the Law - 5 part series, McClatchy Newspapers (6/15-19/08)
• Part 1: Many Gitmo detainees had flimsy ties to terror
• Part 2: Abuse plagued Afghan camps, too
• Part 3: Detainees recruited for jihad
• Part 4: Secret tactics dictated treatment of detainees
• Part 5: Freed captives get no "sorry"
• Defense lawyers to challenge Guantánamo trials, International Herald Tribune (6/14/08)
• Editorials on Supreme Court ruling on Guantanamo detainees, various national news sources (6/13/08)
• Detention Camp Remains, but Not Its Rationale, The New York Times (6/13/08)
• McCain and Obama Split on Justices’ Guantánamo Ruling, The New York Times (6/13/08)
• Guantanamo detainees have rights, court rules, Globe and Mail - Canada (6/13/08)
• Attorney general criticizes Supreme Court's Guantanamo ruling, says won't halt military trials, International Herald Tribune (6/13/08)
• Guantanamo Criticism Intensifies, Los Angeles Times (6/11/08)
• US group sues Pentagon over 2 Guantanamo suicides; claims filed on behalf of relatives, International Herald Tribune (6/11/08)
• UN rights chief says Guantánamo trials fall short, Mail & Guardian (6/10/08)
• Guantanamo inmates suffering mental damage: report, Reuters (6/10/08)
• Guantánamo Bay: Interrogators told to destroy torture notes, US lawyer claims, The Guardian - London (6/9/08)
• Detainee's Attorney Seeks Dismissal Over Abuse, The Washington Post (6/8/08)
• UN panel criticizes US war crimes charges for Guantanamo minors, International Herald Tribune (6/6/08)
• I want to be a martyr, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed tells Guantanamo tribunal, The Times - London (6/5/08)
• 9/11 plot suspects go to court at Guantanamo, San Francisco Chronicle (6/5/08)
• Accused 9-11 mastermind welcomes death penalty, Reuters (6/5/08)
• Inside Guantánamo Bay, Newsweek (6/5/08)
• 9/11 'mastermind' in Guantanamo court, Telegraph - London (6/5/08)
• Guantanamo centre stage for accused in 9/11 case, Toronto Star (6/5/08)
• Editorial: Guantanamo Is a Model Prison (Really), The Wall Street Journal (6/4/08)
• Khadr labelled 'good kid' by U.S. captors, The Globe and Mail - Canada (6/3/08)
• Guantanamo Trials: Critical Judge Sacked, British Torture Victim Charged, The Huffington Post (6/2/08)
• Khadr 'salvageable:' U.S. guard, Canwest News Service (6/2/08)
• Marine colonel defends dismissal of war court judge, Miami Herald (6/2/08)

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