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Watch "Getting Out of Gitmo" Tonight on PBS
Tonight (January 27) at 9pm ET PBS will premiere the new Frontline segment "Getting Out of Gitmo," about the 17…
January 27, 2009
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Happy Chinese New Year!
As we enter into the Year of the Ox, I did some research about the characteristics of this sign of…
January 26, 2009
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60 Minutes: Are Israelis and Palestinians giving up on two state solution?
In a moving piece on 60 Minutes last night, CBS correspondent Bob Simon interviewed both Israelis and Palestinians and asked…
January 26, 2009
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"Come on Auntie Beeb&8230;Get on With It!
The BBC continues to draw sharp criticism for its refusal to air a charity event for the humanitarian crisis in…
January 26, 2009
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Silence Is Betrayal
Over 10 years ago, I worked in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. As a legal advisor, I researched Israeli policy and…
January 26, 2009
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There&039;s nothing backwards about accountability.
What’s all this talk about not wanting to look backward? Inquiries from the ACLU to the U.S. Senate produce more…
January 26, 2009
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CSI: Texas Style
Larry Swearingen has received a stay of execution.  He was one of 14 prisoners scheduled for execution in Texas between the…
January 26, 2009
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The Question of Innocence: A "Brooding Omnipresence"
In Texas, Larry Swearingen has been granted permission by the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to file…
January 26, 2009
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Exec Orders - Did you see the part about contractors?
One positive piece of President Obama’s much heralded executive orders that seems to be overlooked in all the excitement is…
January 24, 2009
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On the ground in Gaza
An Amnesty International delegation recently entered Gaza shortly before Israeli attacks ended to document the true scale of devastation wrought…
January 23, 2009
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Freed GTMO Detainee Becomes Al Qaeda Chief? Blame Bush (and Clinton).
In a case of interesting timing, today’s New York Times reports in "Freed by U.S., Saudi Becomes a Qaeda Chief"  that…
January 23, 2009
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"You&039;re All Going to Hell"
Those were the words shouted at me and several hundred other people as we were walking to the National Mall…
January 23, 2009