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Senate Begins Real Push on Habeas Corpus

By Ari Melber, The Nation Today the Senate Judiciary Committee passed an important bill to restore habeas corpus, the sacrosanct Constitutional right to challenge government detention in court, by a vote of eleven to eight. […]

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CIA Ran Secret Prisons for Detainees in Europe, Says Inquiry

By Stephen Grey, The Guardian UK The CIA operated secret prisons in Europe where terrorism suspects could be interrogated and were allegedly tortured, an official inquiry will conclude today. Despite denials by their governments, senior […]

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39 People Disappear in US Custody

By Scott Shane, New York Times Six human rights groups on Wednesday released a list of 39 people they believe have been secretly imprisoned by the United States and whose whereabouts are unknown, calling on […]

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Official: Cheney Urged Wiretaps

By Dan Eggen, Washington Post Vice President Cheney told Justice Department officials that he disagreed with their objections to a secret surveillance program during a high-level White House meeting in March 2004, a former senior […]