2006.10.08 - PEGC Update ========================== 1) WAR CRIMES Balkinization -- October 8, 2006 WHEN LAWYERS ARE WAR CRIMINALS By Scott Horton http://balkin.blogspot.com/2006/10/when-lawyers-are-war-criminals.html Washington Post -- October 5, 2006 WATERBOARDING HISTORICALLY CONTROVERSIAL In 1947, the U.S. called it a war crime; in 1968, it reportedly caused an investigation... By Walter Pincus http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/04/AR2006100402005.html TIME -- October 1, 2006 LETTING THE PRESIDENT SAY A new bill lets Bush define who is an enemy combatant and denies detainees habeas corpus By Michael Duffy http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1541282,00.html Los Angeles Times -- September 20, 2006 'NICE, SWEET LADY,' 83, DEPORTED FOR NAZI PAST By Richard A. Serrano http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-nazi20sep20,0,4349466.story 2) GUANTANAMO BAY Kansas City Star -- October 7, 2006 LCDR CHARLIE SWIFT FORCED TO RETIRE BY NAVY By Carol Rosenberg http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/15704593.htm Los Angeles Times -- October 7, 2006 AT GUANTANAMO: HARD TIME AND A VIEW OF WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN Detainees at a new camp will see only a sliver of a common area; isolation has become the norm. By Carol J. Williams http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-gitmo7oct07,1,1844572.story SCOTUSblog -- September 28, 2006 HAMDAN II: FIRST TEST OF TRIBUNAL BILL? by Lyle Denniston http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/2006/09/hamdan_ii_first.html USCA D.C. Cir. -- HAMDAN v. RUMSFELD, No. 04-5393 (D.D.C. 04-cv-01519) Before: Randolph and Williams September 22, 2006 ORDER Upon consideration of appellants' motion to govern future proceedings, and the response thereto; and appellee's motion to govern future proceedings, it is ORDERED that the case be remanded to the district court for further proceedings. The Clerk is directed to vacate the court’s judgment filed July 15, 2005, and to transmit forthwith a certified copy of this order in lieu of formal mandate. PER CURIAM http://www.justicescholars.org/pegc/archive/Hamdan_v_Rumsfeld/CAD_order_20060922.pdf The Guardian (UK) -- September 22, 2006 THREE YEARS ON, GUANTANAMO DETAINEE, 78, GOES HOME Hero's welcome for ex-Mujahideen commander with failing eyesight and a walking frame By Declan Walsh http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,,1878415,00.html 3) NEW ARTICLES Laurence Claus, THE ONE COURT THAT CONGRESS CANNOT TAKE AWAY: SINGULARITY, SUPREMACY, AND ARTICLE III (October 6, 2006). U. San Diego School of Law. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=935368 Natalia M. Restivo, DEFENSE OF SUPERIOR ORDERS IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW AS PORTRAYED IN THREE TRIALS: EICHMANN, CALLEY AND ENGLAND (September 12, 2006). Cornell Law School LL.M. Papers Series, Paper 18. http://lsr.nellco.org/cornell/lps/papers/18 Jennifer Van Bergen and Douglas Valentine, THE DANGEROUS WORLD OF INDEFINITE DETENTIONS: VIETNAM TO ABU GHRAIB, 37 Case W. Res. J. Int'l L. 449 (2006). http://www.justicescholars.org/pegc/archive/Journals/JVB_37_Case_W_Res_J_Intl_L_449.pdf 4) OP-ED TIME -- October 6, 2006 THE SECRET LETTER FROM IRAQ By a Marine Officer http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1543658,00.html Wall Street Journal -- September 27, 2006 THE THREAT TO JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE By SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR http://online.wsj.com/article_email/article_print/SB115931733674775033-lMyQjAxMDE2NTI5NzMyMTc3Wj.html JURIST -- September 26, 2006 'ALL THE LAWS BUT ONE': PARSING THE MILITARY COMMISSIONS BILL By Benjamin Davis http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/forumy/2006/09/all-laws-but-one-parsing-military.php * * * PROJECT TO ENFORCE THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS (PEGC) http://www.justicescholars.org/pegc/ Charles B. Gittings Jr. Fort Bragg, California cbgittingsyahoo.com +1-707-964-2151