2004.07.08 - PEGC Update ======================== 1) GUANTANAMO BAY The administration announced some new cosmetics for JTF-GTMO yesterday. In essence, they've calculated the absolute minimum process that might possibly placate the Supreme Court while continuing to deny the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay the full protections of the Geneva Conventions. IT'S TIME FOR THIS CRIMINAL FARCE TO END: everything going on at JTF-GTMO is in violation of 18 USC 2441, and the primary operational mission of the entire command is literally to commit war crimes in violation of US law. DoD -- July 7, 2004 DoD BRIEFING ON THE COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL Senior DoD Official and Senior DOJ Official http://www.dod.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20040707-0981.html July 7, 2004 PRESIDENTIAL MILITARY ORDER APPLIED TO NINE MORE COMBATANTS DoD Press Release No. 648-04 http://www.dod.mil/releases/2004/nr20040707-0987.html Washington Post -- July 8, 2004 PENTAGON SETS HEARINGS FOR 595 DETAINEES By John Mintz, Washington Post Staff Writer http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35423-2004Jul7.html New York Times -- July 8, 2004 PENTAGON WILL PERMIT CAPTIVES AT CUBA BASE TO APPEAL STATUS By Christopher Marquis http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/08/politics/08deta.html USA Today -- July 8, 2004 US SETS UP TRIBUNAL SYSTEM FOR CUBA DETAINEES By Toni Locy, USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-07-07-detainee-tribunals_x.htm Financial Times -- July 6, 2004 DOUBT CAST ON REPATRIATION OF DETAINED BRITONS By Jean Eaglesham, Political Correspondent http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c= StoryFT&cid=1087373532800 2) JOSE PADILLA Newsday -- July 6, 2004 PADILLA REFILES COMPLAINT IN SOUTH CAROLINA http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny-- enemycombatant0706jul06,0,4959158.story USDC South Carolina -- July 2, 2004 Jose Padilla v. Commander C.T. Hanft, USN PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS http://www.scd.uscourts.gov/Padilla/Images/00000001.pdf http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/padilla/padillahanft70204pet.pdf * ORDER, July 6, 2004: http://www.scd.uscourts.gov/Padilla/Images/00000002.pdf * USDC S.C. website: http://www.scd.uscourts.gov/ * Padilla v Hanft (2:04CV2221): http://www.scd.uscourts.gov/Padilla/home.asp http://www.scd.uscourts.gov/Padilla/docket.asp 3) IRAQ July 6, 2004 WASHINGTON REFUSES TO RELINQUISH LEGAL AUTHORITY TO ‘SOVEREIGN’ IRAQ By Lisa Ashkenaz Croke http://newstandardnews.net/content/?action=show_item&itemid=645 July 6, 2004 IRAQ ZEROES IN ON VIETNAM ANALOGY By Nat Parry http://www.consortiumnews.com/2004/070604.html 4) NEW BOOK BY JVB An old friend of PEGC has a new book being published: Common Courage Press -- THE TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY The Bush Plan for America By JENNIFER VAN BERGEN 192 pages, $12.95 - available September 2004. "Jennifer Van Bergen's new book THE TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY explains the decline of civil liberties and the loss of the rule of law in the US. She begins with explanations of fascism and empire, our individual rights, and the Constitution. The book then goes into "The Bush Plan" and its attempts at domestic control and global domination. But the heart of this book is Van Bergen’s knowledge of the law and civil liberties, and in particular, the USA PATRIOT ACT. Her two chapters 'The PATRIOT ACT: The Mainstay of Oppressive Power' and 'Ashcroft's Way: A Closer Look at the PATRIOT ACT' is some of the best writing available on this subject." http://www.commoncouragepress.com/index.cfm?action=book&bookid=292 Regards, Charly * * * Charles Gittings Oakland, California cbgittings@sbcglobal. net +1-510-923-1688 PROJECT TO ENFORCE THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS (PEGC) PEGC.no-ip.info PEGC Update PEGC.no-ip.info/PEGC_Update.html