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In the Wake of the “Guantanamo Papers,” Few People Know about Secretive Prisons on US Soil

Wikileaks recently released what have been called the “Guantanamo Papers,” described by the New York Times as “a chilling reminder of the legal and moral disaster that President George W. Bush created there.” The parallel legal system that Guantanamo represents, though, is not confined to an island, and it is not confined to one administration. [...]

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Why Is the Counter-Terrorism Unit Briefing Police About My Lectures and Website?

The Counter-Terrorism Unit monitors terrorist prisoners. Why is it concerned about a PR campaign by environmentalists, and this website?

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Video on Secretive Communciations Management Units

This week we learned that the government has proposed making secretive prisons for “domestic terrorists,” which have been operating for 3 years on U.S. soil, permanent. In this video Rachel Meeropol and Alexis Agathocleous, attorneys at the Center for Constitutional Rights, discuss the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Communications Management Units, or CMUs:

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Government Acknowledges Secretive Prisons for “Domestic Terrorists,” Proposes Making Them Permanent

Secretive political prisons for “domestic terrorists” called Communications Management Units have been operating for more than three years on U.S. soil. Last week the federal Bureau of Prisons quietly submitted a proposal to make the experimental units permanent: a process that, by law, should have occurred before they were ever opened. As a quick introduction, [...]

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