By Andrew Gumbel, The Independent UK The United States military announced yesterday that it was bringing death penalty charges against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and five other men suspected of orchestrating the September 11 attacks, and intended to try them under the Bush administration’s much-criticised military tribunal system, which is subject only to partial oversight by…
RAW STORY President George W. Bush wants armed guards on all planes flying into the United States from Europe, according to a draft document circulating among the European Union’s 27 member states. According the document leaked to the Guardian, the administration also wants EU states to supply personal data on all air passengers flying over…
By Michael R. Gordon, New York Times The Army is accustomed to protecting classified information. But when it comes to the planning for the Iraq war, even an unclassified assessment can acquire the status of a state secret. That is what happened to a detailed study of the planning for postwar Iraq prepared for the…
By Scott Shane, New York Times The prosecutor investigating the Central Intelligence Agency’s destruction of interrogation videotapes is reviewing whether government officials violated any of 17 court orders requiring the preservation of evidence or broke the law by concealing the tapes’ existence or approving their destruction, according to court papers filed late Friday night. The…
