2008.07.27 - PEGC Update ========================== http://pegc.blogspot.com/2008/07/pegc-update_27.html 1) THE DETAINEE CASES Balkinization -- July 26, 2008 MUKASEY, AL-MARRI, AND THE VEXING QUESTION OF INDEFINITE MILITARY DETENTION by Marty Lederman http://balkin.blogspot.com/2008/07/mukasey-al-marri-and-vexing-question-of.html SCOTUSblog -- July 26, 2008 SHARP DISPUTE OVER SHAPE OF DETAINEE CASES by Lyle Denniston http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/sharp-dispute-over-shape-of-detainee-cases/ July 25, 2008 US FILES FIRST APPEAL IN NEW DETAINEE CASES by Lyle Denniston http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/us-files-first-appeal-in-new-detainee-cases/ July 22, 2008 ANALYSIS: IS BISMULLAH RULING A DEAD LETTER? by Lyle Denniston http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/analysis-is-bismullah-ruling-a-dead-letter/ July 21, 2008 MUKASEY: CURB COURTS' POWERS ON DETAINEES by Lyle Denniston http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/mukasey-curb-courts-powers-on-detainees/ DOJ -- July 21, 2008 REMARKS BY ATTORNEY GENERAL MICHAEL B. MUKASEY TO THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/speeches/2008/ag-speech-0807213.html USDC D.D.C. -- HAMDAN v. GATES, Civil Action No. 04-1519 (JR) July 17, 2008 MEMORANDUM ORDER https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2004cv1519-108 2) TORTURE Washington Post -- July 25, 2008 HOW TO GET AWAY WITH TORTURE By Dan Froomkin http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/07/25/BL2008072501405.html Harper's -- July 21, 2008 THE MISDIRECTION By Scott Horton http://harpers.org/archive/2008/07/hbc-90003281 Consortiumnews.com -- July 19, 2008 'JUSTIFYING' TORTURE: TWO BIG LIES By Coleen Rowley and Ray McGovern http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/071808e.html Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel -- July 17, 2008 WHERE'S THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT WHEN WE NEED IT? Torture As Official US Policy by Stephen Lendman http://baltimorechronicle.com/2008/071808Lendman.shtml 3) OP-ED National Post (Canada) -- July 22, 2008 GUANTANAMO JUSTICE by Milan Markovic http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=670416 The Nation -- July 18, 2008 NINE REASONS TO INVESTIGATE WAR CRIMES NOW by Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080804/brecher_smith * * * PROJECT TO ENFORCE THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS (PEGC) http://www.pegc.us PEGC Blog http://pegc.blogspot.com/ Charles B. Gittings Jr. Fort Bragg, California cbgittingsyahoo.com +1-707-964-2151