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Opinion Piece: New Manual for Military Commissions Disregards the Commander-in-Chief, Congressional Intent and the Laws of War, Huffington Post (April 29, 2010)   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-frakt/new-manual-for-military-c_b_557720.html

 

Opinion Piece: Terrorists Should be Tried in Court, CNN.com (March 17, 2010)   http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/03/17/frakt.military.trials/index.html

 

Opinion Piece: In Praise of the Gitmo Bar, truthout.org (March 11, 2010)

http://www.truthout.org/in-praise-gitmo-bar57583

 

Political Satire: Confessions of a Terrorist Sympathizer, Salon.com (March 9, 2010)

http://www.salon.com/news/guantanamo/index.html?story=/news/feature/2010/03/09/confessions_terrorist_sympathizer

 

Opinion Piece:   Let the Military Commissions Die, Salon.com (Aug. 4, 2009) http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/04/military_commissions/index.html

Book Chapter:  The Guantanamo Lawyers: Inside a Prison Outside the Law, edited by Mark Denbeaux and Jonathan Hafetz (NYU Press 2009) http://guantanamo.fromthesquare.org/

Congressional Testimony: The Military Commissions and the Abandonment of the Rule of Law http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/pdf/Frakt090730.pdf . Full committee report at  http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/printers/111th/111-26_51347.PDF

Opinion Piece:  FORUM: Winning Detainee Hamdan's Case Didn't Prevent Navy Lawyer's Promotion, The Daily Journal, Nov. 7, 2006.

Letters to the Editor: “How we are defending the detainees” Washington Post, June 11, 2008; Response to “Official American Sadism”  New York Review of Books, Nov 6, 2008.

Book Contributor: Madeline Morris, Terror and Integrity:  Preventive Detention in the Age of Jihad (forthcoming Oxford Univ. Press 2010)

 

Contributor: The Torture Report, ACLU National Security Project  http://thetorturereport.org  

 

Blog Posts and Articles:

Terrorists Q&A: "Military Commissions Are a Second-Class Justice System" William Fisher interviews Guantanamo Defence Counsel David Frakt, March 22, 2010, http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50741

Rep. Nadler and Attorney David Frakt on Obama’s Three-Tier Justice System For Gitmo” The Public Record, by Andy Worthington, November 21, 2009, http://pubrecord.org/law/6116/nadler-attorney-david-frakt-obamas/

Is it Humane? The Torture Report, November 18, 2009, by David Frakt and Larry Siems, http://thetorturereport.org/diary/it-humane

David Frakt on Material Support Charges and Military Commissions, emptywheel by Marcy Wheeler http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/11/17/david-frakt-on-material-support-charges-and-military-commissions/

The Unsung Heroes Who Helped Secure Mohammed Jawad’s Release From Guantánamo, by Andy Worthington, September 21, 2009 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/09/21/the-unsung-heroes-who-helped-secure-mohammed-jawads-release-from-guantanamo/  (Also posted in The Public Record at: http://pubrecord.org/world/5377/guantanamos-youngest-detainees/ )
 
Law Review Article: Closing Argument at Guantanamo: The Torture of Mohammad Jawad 22 Harvard Human Rights Journal 1 (2009).
Law Review Article: The Difficulty of Defending Detainees, 48 Washburn Law Journal 381 (2009).Washburn article.pdf
 
 
 
Book Chapter: David J. R. Frakt and Arthur N. Frakt, Roosevelt’s Vision in Legal and Political Jeopardy, in Educating for Democracy in a Changing World: Understanding Freedom in Contemporary America, edited by Stephen M Fain, Judith J. Slater and David Callejo-Perez (Peter Lang New York 2007).

 

MEDIA APPEARANCES

July 30, 2009: BBC/PRI’s “The World” http://www.theworld.org/2009/07/30/preserving-guantanamo-history/

July 29, 2009: CBC, As It Happens  http://www.cbc.ca/radioshows/AS_IT_HAPPENS/20090729.shtml (Part 2)

May 15, 2009: MSNBC, The Rachel Maddow Show http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/#30773594

January 30, 2009: BBC/PRI’s “The World” interview with Marco Werman, http://www.theworld.org/node/24212

January 22, 2009: National Public Radio, On Point with Tom Ashbrook “Closing Guantanamo” http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2009/01/closing-guantanamo-the-devils-in-the-details/

January 12, 2009: MSNBC, The Rachel Maddow Show http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/28629277#28629277

September 11, 2008: Lecture, Duke University School of Law “The Devilish Difficulty of Defending a Detainee” (webcast available at http://www.law.duke.edu/webcast/)

July 21, 2008:  Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Here on Earth” The Politics of Patriotism, http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080721k.cfm

July 4, 2008: BBC/PRI’s “The World” Interview with Marco Werman,  http://www.theworld.org/?q=node/19207

 

 

Articles That Quote David Frakt or Discuss His Guantanamo Cases 

1. Michael Melia, “Lights, Sound Go Out as Glitches Plague Debut of Guantanamo Bay War-Crimes Courthouse” (The Associated Press, May 7, 2008), Westlaw, AP-ALL database.

 

2. Randall Mikkelsen, “Technical Flaws Mar Hearing in New Guantanamo Court,” Reuters, May 8, 2008, http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN0717718220080508?sp=true

 

3. Carol Rosenberg, “Glitches Mar Debut of Guantánamo War Court” (The Miami Herald, May 8, 2008), LexisNexis.

 

4. Michael Melia, “Messages on 'Detainee News Network' Call for Detainees to Boycott War-Crimes Trials” (The Associated Press, May 9, 2008), Westlaw, AP-ALL database.

 

5. Stacy Sullivan, “Osama bin Laden's Media Director Puts on a Show at Guantanamo,” The Huffington Post, May 12, 2008, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stacy-sullivan/osama-bin-ladens-media-di_b_101416.html

 

6. Stacy Sullivan, “The Forgotten Kid of Guantánamo,” Salon, May 27, 2008, http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/27/gitmo_jawad/index.html

 

7. Andy Worthington, “Fact Sheet: The 16 Prisoners Charged in Guantanamo's Military Commissions,” The Huffington Post, May 27, 2008, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/fact-sheet-the-16-prisone_b_103628.html

 

8. David McFadden, “Defense Alleges Gitmo Detainee Was Victim of Sleep-Disruption Tactic; Seeks Dismissal” (The Associated Press, May 29, 2008), Westlaw, AP-ALL database.

 

9. Alan Gomez, “9/11 Suspect Finally Goes to Trial in Military System,” USA Today, June 5, 2008, http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2008-06-02-Gitmo_N.htm

 

10. Josh White, “Detainee's Attorney Seeks Dismissal Over Abuse,” The Washington Post, June 8, 2008, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/07/AR2008060701904.html

 

11. David J.R. Frakt, “How We Are Defending the Detainees,” The Washington Post, June 11, 2008, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/10/AR2008061002686.html

 

12. Ben Fox, “Guantanamo War Crimes Hearings Resume Amid Pending Legal Challenges” (The Associated Press, June 18, 2008), Westlaw, AP-ALL database.

 

13. Jane Sutton, “Guantanamo Prisoner Cites 2-Week Sleep Deprivation,” Reuters, June 19, 2008, http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1946929420080619

 

14. Ben Fox, “Guantanamo Detainee Tells Military Court He Was Subjected to Sleep Deprivation” (The Associated Press, June 20, 2008), Westlaw, AP-ALL database.

 

15. Carol Rosenberg, “Afghan Tells of Sleep Deprivation,” The Miami Herald, June 20, 2008, http://www.miamiherald.com/todaysextras/story/576870.html

 

16. Jane Sutton, “Judge Urged to Drop Guantanamo Charge,” Reuters, June 20, 2008, http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1946929420080620?sp=true

 

17. Jamil Dakwar, Guantanamos Frequent Flyer Program, June 20, 2008 http://www.aclu.org/2008/06/20/guantnamos-frequent-flyer-program

 

18. Jamil Dakwar, Unlawful Command Influence, June 23, 2008

  http://www.aclu.org/2008/06/23/unlawful-command-influence

 

19. Jo Becker, “The War on Teen Terror,” Salon, June 24, 2008, http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/24/juveniles_at_gitmo/index.html

 

20. Deborah Colson, “The Supreme Court Returns the Constitution to Guantánamo,” The Huffington Post, June 25, 2008, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deborah-colson/the-supreme-court-returns_b_109260.html

 

21. Andrew O. Selsky, “Guantanamo's Days Numbered, Tough Choices Ahead” (The Associated Press, June 28, 2008), Westlaw, AP-ALL database.

 

22. Andrew O. Selsky, “What's Next for Gitmo?” (The Associated Press, June 29, 2008), Westlaw, AP-ALL database.

 

23. Michael Winship, “What Patriotism Is, and Is Not,” Bill Moyers Journal, July 2, 2008, http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog/2008/07/michael_winship_what_patriotis.html

 

24. Mike Melia, “Records Show Guantanamo Prisoner Hurt by Sleep Deprivation, Lawyer Says” (The Associated Press, July 11, 2008), Westlaw, AP-ALL database.

 

25. Ross Tuttle, “More Meddling at Gitmo,” The Nation, July 17, 2008, http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080804/tuttle

 

26.  Josh White, “Tactic Used After It Was Banned,” The Washington Post, August 8, 2008, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/07/AR2008080703004_pf.html

 

27. Mike Melia, “Adviser to Guantanamo Trials Faces More Criticism” (The Associated Press, August 13, 2008), Westlaw, AP-ALL database.

 

28. Mike Melia, “Pentagon Official Removed from 2nd Gitmo Trial” (The Associated Press, August 14, 2008), Westlaw, AP-ALL database.

 

29. Jane Sutton, “U.S. General Barred from Another Guantanamo Trial,” Reuters, August 14, 2008, http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1337894520080814?sp=true

 

30.  Jennifer Turner, Allegations of Torture of Two Teen Detainees at Guantánamo, DailyKos, August 14, 2008 http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/14/151057/877/558/567963

 

31. Joseph Goldstein, “Psychologists Are Split Over Gitmo,” The New York Sun, August 15, 2008, http://www.nysun.com/national/psychologists-are-split-over-gitmo/83974/

 

32. Mike Melia, “Guantanamo Prisoner Boycotts War Crimes Trial” (The Associated Press, August 15, 2008), Westlaw, AP-ALL database.

 

33. Carol Rosenberg, “Alleged al Qaida PR Man: Convict Me Next,” McClatchy, August 15, 2008, http://www.mcclatchydc.com/319/story/48504.html

 

34. Jane Sutton, “Guantanamo Trial May Proceed Without Defendant,” Reuters, August 15, 2008, http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSNASU8150120080815?sp=true

 

35.  Nicole Barrett, The GTMO Incentive Program, August 18, 2008 http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/blog/gitmo/2008_08_01_archive.html

 

36. Jo Becker, “American Credibility on Trial at Guantánamo Bay,” Salon, August 20, 2008, http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/20/gitmo_jawad/index.html

 

37. Andy Worthington, “Controversy Still Plagues Guantanamo's Military Commissions,” The Huffington Post, September 10, 2008, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/controversy-still-plagues_b_125268.html

 

38. William Glaberson, “Guantánamo Prosecutor Is Quitting in Dispute Over a Case,” The New York Times, September 24, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/25/us/25gitmo.html

 

39. Randall Mikkelsen, “Guantanamo Prosecutor Quits, Citing Ethics Concerns,” Reuters, September 24, 2008, http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE48O0NE20080925?sp=true

 

40. Peter Finn, “Guantanamo Prosecutor Quits, Says Evidence Was Withheld,” The Washington Post, September 25, 2008, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/24/AR2008092402101.html

 

41. Anthony Lewis, “Official American Sadism,” The New York Review of Books, September 25, 2008, http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21794

 

42. Mike Melia, “Guantanamo Prosecutor Quits Over Detainee Case” (The Associated Press, September 25, 2008), Westlaw, AP-ALL database.

 

43. Mike Melia, “Gitmo Prosecutors Seeks Immunity for Testimony” (The Associated Press, September 25, 2008), Westlaw, AP-ALL database.

 

44. Mike Melia, “Former Gitmo Prosecutor Blasts Tribunals” (The Associated Press, September 27, 2008), Westlaw, AP-ALL database.

 

45. Andy Worthington, “The Dark Heart of Guantanamo,” The Huffington Post, October 2, 2008, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/the-dark-heart-of-guantan_b_131188.html

 

46. Andy Worthington, “New Evidence of Systemic Bias in Guantanamo Trials,” The Huffington Post, October 10, 2008, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/new-evidence-of-systemic_b_133732.html

 

47. Josh Meyer, “For Lawyer, Trial was Tribulation,” Los Angeles Times, October 12, 2008, http://8.12.42.31/2008/oct/12/nation/na-gitmo12

 

48. Dan Ephron, “The Biscuit Breaker,” Newsweek, October 27, 2008, http://www.newsweek.com/id/164497

 

49. Ross Tuttle, “Smearing Colonel Vandeveld,” The Nation, October 20, 2008, http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081103/tuttle

 

50. William Glaberson, “War Crimes Charges Dismissed in 5 Guantánamo Cases,” The New York Times, October 21, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/world/americas/21iht-gitmo.4.17143293.html

 

51. Andrew O. Selsky, “U.S. Drops Terror Charges Against 5 at Guantanamo” (The Associated Press, October 21, 2008), Westlaw, AP-ALL database.

 

52. Eric Umansky, “Gitmo Dismissals Don’t Include One of Most Problematic Cases,” ProPublica, October 22, 2008, http://www.propublica.org/article/gitmo-dismissals-dont-include-one-of-most-problematic-cases-1022

 

53. Stacy Sullivan, “Confessions of a former Guantánamo prosecutor,” Salon, October 23, 2008, http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/10/23/vandeveld/print.html

 

54. Danica Coto, “US Air Force Investigates Gitmo Legal Official” (The Associated Press, October 25, 2008), Westlaw, AP-ALL database.

 

55. Josh Meyer, “Tribunals Overseer Under Investigation,” Los Angeles Times, October 25, 2008, http://8.12.42.31/2008/oct/25/nation/na-gitmo25

 

56. David McFadden, “Bin Laden Aide Boycotts His Own Guantanamo War Crimes Trial With Lawyer,” The Huffington Post, October 27, 2008, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/27/bin-laden-aide-boycotts-h_n_138207.html

 

57. Carol Rosenberg, “Alleged Al Qaeda Video-Maker Boycotts Own Trial,” The Miami Herald, October 27, 2008, http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/743257.html

 

58. Jane Sutton, “Al Qaeda Media Chief Stands Mute at Guantanamo,” Reuters, October 27, 2008, http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE49Q59020081027?sp=true

 

59. David McFadden, “Guantanamo Prisoner and Lawyer Boycott Trial” (The Associated Press, October 28, 2008), Westlaw, AP-ALL database.

 

60. Carol Rosenberg, “War Court Judge: Threats to Family Is Torture,” The Miami Herald, October 28, 2008, http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/745587.html

 

61. Carol Rosenberg, “Terror Trial to Showcase Gadgetry, Spy-Plane Imagery,” The Miami Herald, October 28, 2008, http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/745019.html

 

62. Jane Sutton, “Al Qaeda Media Man Vows to Wage Jihad by Pen,” Reuters, October 28, 2008, http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE49R5OZ20081028?sp=true

 

63. David McFadden, “Judge Tosses Detainee Confession Citing Torture” (The Associated Press, October 29, 2008), Westlaw, AP-ALL database.

 

64. Eric Umansky, “Gitmo Tribunal: Things Fall Apart,” ProPublica, October 29, 2008, http://www.propublica.org/article/gitmo-tribunal-things-fall-apart-1029

 

65. Eric Umansky, “Pentagon Investigating Gitmo Abuse? Who Knows,” ProPublica, October 29, 2008, http://www.propublica.org/article/pentagon-investigating-gitmo-abuse-who-knows-1029

 

66. Jane Sutton, “Verdict Reached but Not Read at Guantanamo,” Reuters, October 31, 2008, http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE49R5OZ20081031?sp=true

 

67. David McFadden, “Bin Laden Videomaker Faces Life in Gitmo Trial” (The Associated Press, November 1, 2008), Westlaw, AP-ALL database.

 

68. Carol Rosenberg, “Al Qaeda Media Man Wouldn't Phone Home,” The Miami Herald, November 3, 2008, http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/754741.html

 

69. Carol Rosenberg, “Bin Laden Propagandist Convicted,” The Miami Herald, November 3, 2008, http://www.miamiherald.com/1374/v-fullstory/story/753980.html

 

70. Carol Rosenberg, “Bin Laden Video-Maker Gets Life,” The Miami Herald, November 3, 2008, http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/v-fullstory/story/754669.html

 

71. Jane Sutton, “Bin Laden's Publicist Gets Life in Prison,” Reuters, November 3, 2008, http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE49R5OZ20081104?sp=true

 

72. Andy Worthington, “Life Sentence for Al-Qaeda Propagandist Fails to Justify Guantanamo Trials,” The Huffington Post, November 3, 2008, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/life-sentence-for-al-qaed_b_140697.html

 

73. David McFadden, “Gitmo Jury: Life Sentence for Bin Laden Videomaker” (The Associated Press, November 4, 2008), Westlaw, AP-ALL database.

 

74. David J.R. Frakt and Anthony Lewis, “'Official American Sadism',” The New York Review of Books, November 6, 2008, http://www.nybooks.com/articles/22035

 

75. William Glaberson, “Detainee Will Face New War-Crimes Charges,” The New York Times, November 18, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/us/19gitmo.html

 

76. Spencer Ackerman, “Coercion and Military Law,” The Washington Independent, December 8, 2008, http://washingtonindependent.com/21398/coersion-and-military-law

 

77. Alan Gomez, “Inmates' Fate Unclear If Obama Closes Gitmo,” USA Today, December 29, 2008, http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-12-29-Guantanamo_N.htm

 

78. Jesse J. Holland, “Court Hears Arguments Over Detainee's Confession” (The Associated Press, January 13, 2009), Westlaw, AP-ALL database.

 

79. Andy Worthington, “Former Gitmo Prosecutor Rips Military Trials, Calling Interrogators' Practices 'despicable',” The Raw Story, January 13, 2009, http://www.rawstory.com/news/2008/Former_Gitmo_prosecutor_opens_fire_on_0113.html

 

80. Peter Finn, “Evidence in Terror Cases Said to Be in Chaos,” The Washington Post, January 14, 2009, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/13/AR2009011302888_pf.html

 

81. William Fisher, “Fate of Guantanamo Detainees Unclear,” The Public Record, January 14, 2009, http://pubrecord.org/torture/203/fate-of-guantanamo-detainees-unclear/

 

82. “Editorial - Closing Guantánamo,” The New York Times, January 17, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/opinion/18sun1.htm

 

83. Daphne Eviatar, “Tortured Gitmo Prisoner Opposes Halt of Military Commission Trial,” The Washington Independent, January 21, 2009, http://washingtonindependent.com/26499/tortured-gitmo-prisoner-opposes-halt-of-military-commission-trial

 

84. William Douglas and Carol Rosenberg, “Obama's New Detainee Policy: Break from Bush, or the Same?,” McClatchy, March 13, 2009, http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/63963.html

 

85. Sheri Fink, “Tortured Profession: Psychologists Warned of Abusive Interrogations, Then Helped Craft Them,” ProPublica, May 5, 2009, http://www.propublica.org/article/tortured-profession-psychologists-warned-of-abusive-interrogations-505

 

86. Lillian Thomas, “Military Attorneys Risk Careers to Criticize Practices at Guantanamo,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 10, 2009, http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09130/968880-84.stm

 

87. Daphne Eviatar, “Government Pressing to Finalize Conviction By Discredited Bush Military Commission,” The Washington Independent, May 13, 2009, http://washingtonindependent.com/42679/government-pressing-to-finalize-conviction-by-discredited-bush-military-commission

 

88. Daphne Eviatar, “Obama Appears Poised to Renew Military Commissions,” The Washington Independent, May 13, 2009, http://washingtonindependent.com/42646/obama-appears-poised-to-renew-military-commissions

 

89. Julian E. Barnes and Carol J. Williams, “Obama Hasn't Fixed Image of Tribunals,” Los Angeles Times, May 16, 2009, http://8.12.42.31/2009/may/16/nation/na-military-commissions16

 

90. William Glaberson, “Despite Plan, Guantánamo Trials Still Problematic,” The New York Times, May 18, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/us/politics/19gitmo.html

 

91. Heidi Vogt and Michael Melia, “US Lawyers Ask Afghan Court to Help Gitmo Inmate” (The Associated Press, May 25, 2009), Westlaw, AP-ALL database.

 

92. William Glaberson, “U.S. May Permit 9/11 Guilty Pleas in Capital Cases,” The New York Times, June 5, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/06/us/politics/06gitmo.html.

 

93. Bob Herbert, How Long is Long Enough?, NY Times, June 30, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/opinion/30herbert.html?_r=2&ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

 

 

94. Nedra Pickler, “Justice Agrees to Exclude Detainee's Confession” (The Associated Press, July 15, 2009), Westlaw, AP-ALL database.

 

95. Dennis Roddy, “Judge to Rule on Release of Gitmo Detainee,” Pittsburh Post-Gazette, July 17, 2009, http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09198/984444-82.stm

 

96.  William Glaberson, “U.S. Judge Challenges Evidence on a Detainee,” The New York Times, July 22, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/us/23gitmo.html?scp=6&sq=jawad%20huvelle&st=cse

 

97. William Glaberson, “Obama Faces Court Test Over Detainee,” The New York Times, July 28, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/us/29gitmo.html

 

98. Nedra Pickler, “Afghanistan Said Ready to Pick up Gitmo Detainee” (The Associated Press, July 28, 2009), Westlaw, AP-ALL database.

 

99. Carol Rosenberg, “Young Afghan in Camp Iguana, Playing the Wii,” The Miami Herald, July 28, 2009, http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1161350.html

 

100. Jeremy Pelofsky, “U.S. Proposes Releasing Guantanamo Detainee Abroad,” Reuters, July 29, 2009, http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN29274822

 

101. Nedra Pickler and Devlin Barrett, “US Says Prepared to Release Young Gitmo Detainee” (The Associated Press, July 29, 2009), Westlaw, AP-ALL database.

 

102. Lyle Denniston, “Afghan Ordered Freed, Trial Unsure,” SCOTUSblog, July 30, 2009, http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/afghan-ordered-freed-trial-unsure/

 

103. William Glaberson, “Judge Orders Guantánamo Detainee to Be Freed,” The New York Times, July 30, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/us/31gitmo.html?_r=1

 

104. Jason Leopold, “Judge Orders Young Afghan Prisoner Released From Guantanamo,” The Public Record, July 30, 2009, http://pubrecord.org/torture/2968/judge-orders-obama-admin-release-young/

 

106. Jeremy Pelofsky, “US Judge Orders Guantanamo Prisoner Jawad Freed,” Reuters, July 30, 2009, http://www.reuters.com/article/asiaCrisis/idUSN30350989

 

107. Evan Perez and Jess Bravin, “U.S. Plans to Free an Afghan Detainee,” The Wall Street Journal, July 30, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124892208846392665.html

 

108. “US to Release Young Afghan Detainee from Guantanamo,” Google News, July 30, 2009, http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hLC_NSAGRD5NgdEl0_LbFouScjFw

 

109. Andrew Sullivan, “The Daily Dish: Quote For The Day,” The Atlantic, July 31, 2009, http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/quote-for-the-day-6.html

 

110. Carol Rosenberg, “Emptying Guantánamo Camps, One Deal at a Time,” The Miami Herald, August 2, 2009, http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1167861.html

 

111. Daphne Eviatar, “Lead Military Lawyer Confirms Afghan Witnesses Said They Were Paid By U.S.,” The Washington Independent, August 4, 2009, http://washingtonindependent.com/53729/lead-military-lawyer-confirms-afghan-witnesses-said-they-were-paid-by-u-s

 

112. David J.R. Frakt, “Let the Military Commissions Die,” Salon, August 4, 2009, http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/04/military_commissions/index.html

 

113. Scott Horton, “Can the Military Commissions Be Salvaged?,” Harper's Magazine, August 4, 2009, http://www.harpers.org/archive/2009/08/hbc-90005470

 

114. Editorial: Justice Too Long Delayed, New York Times, August 4, 2009

 

115. Andy Worthington, “Attorney: Military Commissions "A Catastrophic Failure",” The Public Record, August 8, 2009, http://pubrecord.org/world/3391/attorney-military-commissions/

 

116. Lucile Malandain, “Detainee Questions Hinder Obama's Plan to Shut Guantanamo,” Google News, August 10, 2009, http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i6WsYuJGEzMADuJLvjqrQK8EfYhQ

 

117. Carol Rosenberg, “Source: White House Has Sent 6 Gitmo Transfer Notices to Congress,” The Miami Herald, August 19, 2009, http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1192326.html

 

118. Adam Serwer, “Overdue Process,” The American Prospect, August 20, 2009, http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=overdue_process_09

 

119. “A Gitmo Prosecutor's Act of Conscience,” CBS News, August 22, 2009, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/22/eveningnews/main5259681.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody

 

120. Jonathan S. Landay and Carol Rosenberg, “Young Afghan Freed; Spent 6 1/2 Years at Guantánamo,” The Miami Herald, August 24, 2009, http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/v-fullstory/story/1199863.html

 

121. Warren Richey, “Young Gitmo Detainee Released, Meets Hamid Karzai,” The Christian Science Monitor, August 24, 2009, http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0825/p02s07-usju.html

 

122. Heidi Vogt, “Young Guantanamo Prisoner Back in Afghanistan” (The Associated Press, August 24, 2009), Westlaw, AP-ALL database.

 

123. Thomas R. Eddlem, “Dick Cheney, Mohammad Jawad and Torture,” New American, September 1, 2009, http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/1792

 

124. Andy Worthington, “The Military Lawyers Who Helped Free One Of Guantanamo’s Youngest Detainees,” The Public Record, September 21, 2009, http://pubrecord.org/world/5377/guantanamos-youngest-detainees/comment-page-1/

 

125. Daphne Eviatar, “Documents Suggest DOD Failed to Probe Alleged War Crimes,” The Washington Independent, September 25, 2009, http://washingtonindependent.com/60833/documents-suggest-detainee-abuses-by-defense-department

 

126. “Military Lawyer Says Defense Department Ignored Calls for War Crimes Investigation,” The Raw Story, October 1, 2009, http://rawstory.com/2009/10/military-lawyer-says-defense-department-ignored-calls-for-war-crimes-investigation/

 

127. Andy Worthington, “Lawyer Blasts "Congressional Depravity" on Guantanamo,” The Huffington Post, October 9, 2009, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/lawyer-blasts-congression_b_315084.html

 

128. Andy Worthington, Finding New Homes for 44 Cleared Guantanamo Prisoners, The Public Record, October 13, 2009, http://pubrecord.org/world/5751/finding-homes-cleared-guantanamo/

 

This is just a partial list - last updated in October 2009.