Fwd: [bangla-vision] FBI Informants, Tariq Mehanna's court, etc

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• FBI Informants – MoJo Workup
• Govt's response to Hicks overdue
• Judge denies Tariq Mehanna's attempt to suppress evidence
• Israel arrests fourth Palestinian journalist this year
• Hicks takes case to UN, demands compensation
• Crisis of Confidence: How Washington Lost Faith in America's Courts

FBI Informants – MoJo Workup Posted: 22 Aug 2011 01:07 PM PDT Mother Jones has a fantastic workup of this issue.  Please click on the image to go to the site! [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Govt's response to Hicks overdue Posted: 21 Aug 2011 08:52 PM PDT The Australian Government has failed to respond to former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks' submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee within the stipulated six-month time frame. Lodged in September last year but only recently made public, Hicks' submission alleges that the Australian Government violated a series of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Judge denies Tariq Mehanna's attempt to suppress evidence Posted: 21 Aug 2011 08:47 PM PDT By Travis Andersen A federal judge has denied a motion from a Sudbury man to suppress classified evidence obtained through a special surveillance program before his trial on terrorism-related charges, which is scheduled to begin in October. An attorney for Tarek Mehanna, 29, had filed a motion to suppress evidence "illegally obtained'' under the [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Israel arrests fourth Palestinian journalist this year Posted: 21 Aug 2011 07:38 PM PDT Ramallah – PNN – A Palestinian journalist, Aseed A'marneh, was arrested by the Israeli military this morning at his home in Dheisheh, Bethlehem. According to his son, Abd Al-Majid A'marneh, Israeli soldiers raided their house at 3 a.m. opening fire at A'marneh's nephew, Bakr Al-Badareen, who suffered a serious wound in the leg. He was [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Hicks takes case to UN, demands compensation Posted: 21 Aug 2011 07:35 PM PDT David Hicks spent over five years in Guantanamo Bay after being captured in Afghanistan. Former Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks is taking his case to the United Nations, demanding compensation and an apology from the Federal Government. Mr Hicks' is appealing to United Nations' Human Rights Committee, saying the Government upheld... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Crisis of Confidence: How Washington Lost Faith in America's Courts Posted: 21 Aug 2011 07:23 PM PDT by Karen J. Greenberg l Tom Dispatch As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the unexpected extent of the damage Americans have done to themselves and their institutions is coming into better focus.  The event that "changed everything" did turn out to change Washington in ways more startling than most people realize.  On terrorism and [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

 

 

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