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/ Sari Horwitz and Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post / Sessions says Trump has power to pardon anyone without consulting the Justice Dept.
/ Aki Peritz / Washington Post / I was in the CIA. The agency shouldn’t be lobbying for Gina Haspel’s nomination.
/ Reuters / Senate Democrats Demand Information on Trump CIA Nominee
/ Carol Rosenberg / Miami Herald / Navy hires firm that rebuilt the World Trade Center to expand the Gitmo war court complex
/ Editorial / Boston Globe / Gina Haspel followed orders. That’s the problem
/ Andy Worthington / As Two Former Guantánamo Prisoners Disappear in Libya After Repatriation from Asylum in Senegal, There Are Fears for 150 Others Resettled in Third Countries
/ John Sifton / Huffington Post / Why A Former CIA Director Shouldn’t Run The State Department
/ Thomas Novelly / Louisville Courier Journal / Ad slams Sen. Rand Paul for not supporting CIA nominee Gina Haspel, a Kentucky native
/ Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post / Long after his release, an ex-detainee struggles with Guantanamo’s torturous clutches
/ Charlie Savage, Declan Walsh and Dionne Searcey / New York Times / Deported to Libya, Ex-Gitmo Detainees Vanish. Will Others Meet a Similar Fate?
/ Nicholas Cecil and Joe Murphy / Evening Standard (U.K.) / Britain wants ‘Beatles’ jihadi suspects to stand trial in US
/ Benjamin R. Farley / Just Security / Maybe Dismantling the GTMO Closure Office Wasn’t Such a Good Idea
/ Associated Press / Judge blocks transfer of U.S. citizen with ties to Islamic State group
/ Carol Rosenberg / Miami Herald / He reportedly aspired to be a 9/11 hijacker. Now he’s in a Guantánamo cell with just a prayer rug and Quran.
/ Center for Constitutional Rights / Common Dreams / Press Release: Mentally Ill Gitmo Detainee Seeks Medical Review
/ Andy Worthington / Ex-Guantánamo Prisoner Discusses Prison Artwork with the BBC, While Lawyers for “High-Value Detainee” Demand His Right to Continue Making Art
/ Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams / Where Is the Body of This Man Tortured to Death by the CIA?
/ Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post / CIA declassifies memo clearing Haspel of responsibility for destroying evidence
/ Maya Rhodan / Time / Anti-Torture Groups Are Pushing Congress to Block Trump's Nominee to Head the CIA
/ Emily Tillett / CBS News / Feinstein says Gina Haspel's role in torture program "not necessarily appropriate" for CIA top spot
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