2006.03.21 - PEGC Update ========================== 1) THE DETAINEE CASES SCOTUSblog -- March 17, 2006 BRIEFING NOW COMPLETE IN D.C CIR. DETAINEE CASES [ Al-ODAH (In re Guantanmo Detainee Cases) & BOUMEDIENNE (Khalid) ] by Lyle Denniston http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/2006/03/briefing_now_co.html * Oral arguments before the D.C. Cir. are tomorrow, March 22. SCOTUSblog -- March 21, 2006 HAMDAN HEARING TO BE BROADCAST by Lyle Denniston http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/2006/03/hamdan_hearing.html Supreme Court -- March 15, 2006 Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, No. 05-184 On Writ of Certiorari to the USCA D.C. Cir. REPLY BRIEF FOR THE PETITIONER http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/HAMDANFINALREPLY.pdf 2) GUANTANAMO BAY The Independent (UK) -- March 16, 2006 MI5, CAMP DELTA, AND THE STORY THAT SHAMES BRITAIN By George B. Mickum http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article351561.ece TIME -- March 19, 2006 EXONERATING A GITMO GENERAL By Adam Zagorin and Sally B. Donnelly http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1174660,00.html 3) TORTURE New York Times -- March 19, 2006 TASK FORCE 6-26: BEFORE AND AFTER ABU GHRAIB, US UNIT ABUSED DETAINEES By Eric Schmitt and Carolyn Marshall http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/international/middleeast/19abuse.html Washington Post -- March 16, 2006 MILITARY LAWYERS SAY TACTICS BROKE RULES By Josh White http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/15/AR2006031502299.html Salon -- March 14, 2006 THE ABU GHRAIB FILES 279 photographs and 19 videos from the Army's internal investigation record a harrowing three months of detainee abuse inside the notorious prison -- and make clear that many of those responsible have yet to be held accountable. By Joan Walsh http://www.salon.com/news/abu_ghraib/2006/03/14/introduction/ FindLaw / AP -- March 14, 2006 N.Y. TIMES' IRAQ DETAINEE STORY CHALLENGED http://news.findlaw.com/ap/o/632/03-14-2006/10a70012809428fe.html Balkinization -- March 16, 2006 DOES THE ARMY FIELD MANUAL AUTHORIZE "CREATIVE" HUMILIATION OF DETAINEES? by Marty Lederman http://balkin.blogspot.com/2006/03/does-army-field-manual-authorize.html Int'l Law of War Association -- Winter 2005-2006 IS WATERBOARDING TORTURE: ASK OUR WORLD WAR TWO VETS By Evan Wallach http://www.lawofwar.org/what's_new.htm ...and scroll down a bit. See also entry for January 23, 2006. Washington Post / AP -- March 21, 2006 JURY FINDS ABU GHRAIB DOG HANDLER GUILTY By David Dishneau http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/21/AR2006032100581.html Torture on Trial -- Human Rights First attorneys Jean Aylward and Avi Cover blog about the trial of Abu Ghraib dog handler Sgt. Michael Smith at Fort Meade, Maryland... http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/blog/index.htm 4) NSA Get a load of this . . . U.S.News and World Report -- March 20, 2006 THE LETTER OF THE LAW The White House says spying on terror suspects without court approval is ok. What about physical searches? By Chitra Ragavan [ . . . or physical searches of their *attorneys* law offices and homes ?!? ] http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060327/27fbi.htm 5) OP-ED Balkinization -- March 18, 2006 SO BRUTAL, EVEN THE CIA FLINCHES By Marty Lederman http://balkin.blogspot.com/ TomDispatch -- March 16, 2006 REPROGRAMMING THE INFINITE LOOP: THE NSA SPYING DEBATE By Elizabeth de la Vega http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=69308 The Guardian (UK) -- March 20, 2006 THIS MISADVENTURE HAS ALIENATED MOST OF THE WORLD FROM BUSH By Gary Younge http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1734805,00.html * * * PROJECT TO ENFORCE THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS (PEGC) http://www.justicescholars.org/pegc/ Charles B. Gittings Jr. Fort Bragg, California +1-707-964-2151 cbgittingsyahoo.com