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Sep. 6th, 2006 01:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lagilmanABC News: President Bush to announce that detainees held at secret CIA prisons, including alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be transferred to the Department of Defense and granted protection under the Geneva Conventions.
'bout gorram time.
'bout gorram time.
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Date: 2006-09-06 05:23 pm (UTC)I'm glad Bush has
decided to do the right thingbeen pressured into following the law.no subject
Date: 2006-09-06 05:26 pm (UTC)Oh. Right. It's an election year.
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Date: 2006-09-06 05:42 pm (UTC)*Now* (as of 1:35 p.m.) it's appearing on the main News page - "Bush to Announce Transfer of CIA Detainees."
"The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the announcement was an acknowledgment of the existence of the CIA program to interrogate high-value terrorism suspects."
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Date: 2006-09-06 05:43 pm (UTC)Of course, it's some detainees from some secret CIA prisons who will now get to go to Gitmo and eventually have trials that may follow at least some of the standard rules of evidence and the like.
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Date: 2006-09-06 05:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-06 10:01 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-09-06 10:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-06 10:54 pm (UTC)(cynical? moi? well, yes)
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Date: 2006-09-07 12:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-07 06:05 am (UTC)