/ Chantal DaSilva and Lizzie Deardon / The Independent (UK) / WikiLeaks founder will not face ‘oppressive’ extradition to US, UK court rules
/ Josh Marcus / The Independent (UK) / Biden announces Kathleen Hicks as deputy defense secretary in first female appointment to role
/ Dalya Alberge / Guardian (U.K.) / Harrowing ordeal of Guantánamo prisoner comes to the big screen
/ Andy Worthington / Joe Biden’s Guantánamo: New York Times Highlights Decaying Prison Cells and Broken Judicial System; Observer Notes Return of Hope
/ Eric H. Holder Jr. / National Law Journal / (Subscription) ‘Lawyers Know Better’: Criticizing Lawyers for Defending Unpopular Clients Is Risky, ‘Disturbing’
/ Alberto M. Fernandez / MEMRI (Middle East Media Research Institute) / The Manacles Of Sami Al-Hajj
/ Medea Benjamin and Marcy Winograd / Salon / Biden's pick for intelligence chief, Avril Haines, is tainted by drones and torture
/ JD Simkins / Military Times / ‘The Mauritanian’ tells story of Guantánamo inmate who spent 14 years imprisoned without charges
/ John Marciano / Ashland Tidings (Oregon) / Beware the Angels of Death on Biden's team
/ Morgan Chalfant / The Hill / Meet Biden's pick to lead the US intelligence community
/ Sacha Pfeiffer / NPR / Will Biden Shut Down Guantanamo Bay?
/ CNN / Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Fast Facts
/ Jake Johnson / Common Dreams / Leaving Out Assange, Who Exposed US War Crimes, Trump Pardons Blackwater Guards Jailed for Massacring Iraqi Civilians
/ Medea Benjamin, Marcy Winograd, and Ariel Gold / LA Progressive / After CODEPINK Campaign, Torture Defender Mike Morell Bows Out for CIA
/ Andy Worthington / Eurasia Review / Call To Oppose Biden’s Nominations Of Haines And Morell As Director Of National Intelligence And CIA Director
/ Hannah Wallace / The Jerusalem Post / The future of Guantanamo under Biden
/ Roger Carasso / New York Times / Letter: What Right Do We Have to Guantánamo?
/ Brett Wilkins / Common Dreams / Human Rights Advocates to Biden: No Torture Defenders Allowed
/ Medea Benjamin and Marcy Winograd / Common Dreams / No, Joe, Don’t Roll out the Red Carpet for Torture Enablers
/ Rebecca Gordon / Moyers On Democracy / It’s Almost Twenty Years Since 9/11. Can We Finally Stop Marching to Disaster?
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