2010.02.19 - PEGC Update ========================== 1) KIYEMBA v. OBAMA SCOTUSblog -- February 19, 2010 KIYEMBA CASE: BACK TO A LOWER COURT? Debate over next step by Lyle Denniston http://www.scotusblog.com/2010/02/kiyemba-case-back-to-trial-court/ Supreme Court -- (ORDER LIST: 559 U.S.) FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2010 ORDER IN PENDING CASE http://www.supremecourtus.gov/orders/courtorders/021210zr.pdf 08-1234 KIYEMBA, JAMAL, ET AL. V. OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF U.S., ET AL. The parties are directed to file letter briefs addressing the following question: What should be the effect, if any, of the developments discussed in the letters submitted by the parties on February 3 and 5 on the Court’s grant of certiorari in this case? The briefs, limited to 8 pages, are to be filed simultaneously with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 2 p.m., Friday, February 19, 2010. SCOTUSblog -- February 12, 2010 ANALYSIS: THE LURKING CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION by Lyle Denniston http://www.scotusblog.com/2010/02/analysis-the-lurking-constitutional-question/ New York Times -- February 11, 2010 SAVED BY THE SWISS by Linda Greenhouse http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/saved-by-the-swiss/ 2) ERIC HOLDER, DOJ, and THE KSM TRIAL New York Times -- February 14, 2010 AFTER 9/11 TRIAL PLAN, HOLDER HONES POLITICAL EAR by Jodi Kantor and Charlie Savage http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/us/politics/15holder.html The New Yorker -- February 15, 2010 THE TRIAL Eric Holder and the battle over Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. by Jane Mayer http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/02/15/100215fa_fact_mayer 3) GUANTANAMO BAY The Guardian (UK) -- February 10, 2010 BINYAM MOHAMED TORTURE EVIDENCE MUST BE REVEALED, JUDGES RULE by Richard Norton-Taylor http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/10/binyam-mohamed-torture-ruling-evidence Washington Post -- February 10, 2010 FORMER BOY SOLDIER HEADS TOWARD MILITARY TRIBUNAL by Peter Finn http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/09/AR2010020904020.html Washington Independent -- February 9, 2010 KEY FIGURE IN BUSH’S MILITARY COMMISSIONS SET FOR OBAMA JOB by Spencer Ackerman http://washingtonindependent.com/76103/key-figure-in-bushs-military-commissions-set-for-obama-job Harpers -- January 26, 2010 Rapp for the Defense by Scott Horton http://harpers.org/archive/2010/01/hbc-90006427 Harpers -- January 18, 2010 THE GUANTANAMO "SUICIDES": A CAMP DELTA SERGEANT BLOWS THE WHISTLE by Scott Horton http://harpers.org/archive/2010/01/hbc-90006368 Seton Hall -- December 7, 2009 DEATH IN CAMP DELTA Prof. Mark Denbeaux & Students http://law.shu.edu/ProgramsCenters/PublicIntGovServ/policyresearch/upload/gtmo_death_camp_delta.pdf SCOTUSblog -- January 22, 2010 A GTMO ANNIVERSARY, AND A NEW DEBATE WHO DECIDES DETAINEES' FATE? by Lyle Denniston http://www.scotusblog.com/2010/01/commentary-a-gtmo-anniversary-and-a-new-debate/ Huffington Post -- 4) OP-ED Harper's -- February 27, 1860 RIGHT MAKES MIGHT by Abraham Lincoln http://harpers.org/archive/2010/02/hbc-90006495 Huffington Post -- January 7, 2010 MY GUANTANAMO CLIENT IS NOT YOUR YEMENI BOGEYMAN by Cori Crider http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cori-crider/my-guantanamo-client-is-n_b_414701.html New York Times -- February 11, 2010 TRIBUNAL AND ERROR by Ali H. Soufan http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/opinion/12soufan.html The Atlantic -- February 17, 2010 "MAY THE JUDGMENT NOT BE TOO HEAVY UPON US" by Andrew Sullivan http://tinyurl.com/yabdcvn * * *