/ Farah Stockman / New York Times / I’m Haunted by Daniel Pearl’s Murder
/ Michael S. Schmidt, Adam Liptak and Katie Benner / New York Times / Biden Is Said to Pick Merrick Garland as Attorney General
/ Chris Hedges / Scheerpost / The Empire Is Not Done with Julian Assange
/ Andy Worthington / As UK Judge Denies Julian Assange Bail, It’s Time for Joe Biden to Drop the US Extradition Request
/ Brett Wilkins / Common Dreams / Federal Judge Blocks Trump Order Targeting Lawyers Supporting ICC Afghan War Crimes Probe
/ Andrew Buncombe / The Independent (UK) / UN torture official says persecution of Assange threatens journalists worldwide
/ Chuck Rosenberg / MSNBC / Transcript: The Oath: Matt Olsen: The Line
/ Max Marcus / Recorder (Massachusetts) / Guantanamo Bay detention camp to be focus of demonstrations in Greenfield, Northampton
/ Nancy Talanian / The Recorder (Massachusetts) / Mr. President, close Guantánamo Bay Prison
/ 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?
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