
Obama finally sees the light Perhaps someone with the intellect of Barack Obama should have known that moving a 9/11 terror trial to New York City wasn't the best idea in the world. Finally, the President has caved in and it has been reported that he ordered the Justice Department to find new places to hold the trial. Glenn has a suggestion for the President as to where the trial should be held. Find out where and listen to Glenn talk about it on radio this morning. Ref. Source 2
Former boy soldier, youngest Guantanamo detainee, heads toward military tribunal:
Khadr is drawing the Obama administration into a fierce debate over the propriety of putting a child soldier on trial. Ref. Source 7
U.S. Judge orders release of Guantanamo detainee:
A federal judge ordered on Monday that a man accused of having ties to some of the hijackers in the September 11, 2001, attacks, be released from the you.S. Military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Ref. Source 8
Obama Administration Demands Amnesia From Reporters Covering Gitmo:
The Pentagon has banned four reporters from covering the military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, because they refused to forget something that had already been reported to the world. Ref. Source 2
Pentagon Bars Four Reporters from Guantánamo
We're joined here in New York by Michelle Shephard, the national security reporter for the Toronto Star. She's been following the story of the Canadian-born Omar Khadr since his arrest as a teenager in Afghanistan in 2002. She is the author of Guantánamo's Child: The Untold Story of Omar Khadr. Michelle Shephard was among the four journalists who have recently been banned from covering military commissions in Guantánamo Bay for publishing the name of an interrogator involved in the case of Omar Khadr. The other journalists are Carol Rosenberg from the Miami Herald, the Globe and Mail's Paul Koring, and Steven Edwards from Canwest News Service. Ref. Source 2
Gitmo prisoner rejects plea deal:
A young Canadian prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility has rejected a plea deal that would allow him to serve a shorter prison sentence in exchange for pleading guilty to a war crime. Ref. Source 7