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/ Elana Schor / Politico / CIA: Haspel ‘acted appropriately’ in destruction of torture tapes
/ Sonya Sceats / Guardian (U.K.) / Gina Haspel's CIA appointment will delight torturers around the globe
/ Shashank Bengali and Chris Megerian / Los Angeles Times / The CIA closed its original 'black site' years ago. But its legacy of torture lives on in Thailand
/ Amy Goodman / Democracy Now! / Former Gitmo Prisoner Moazzam Begg Explains How Torture & U.S.-Run Prisons Helped Give Birth to ISIS
/ Murtaza Hussain / The Intercept / Tortured, Mentally Ill Guantánamo Prisoner Asks Court to Be Repatriated to Saudi Arabia
/ Harry Larson / Lawfare / Summary: Briefs on al-Qahtani’s Motion to Compel
/ Carol Rosenberg / Miami Herald / Guantánamo installs former USS Nimitz commander as 18th prison boss in stealth ceremony
/ Carol Rosenberg / Miami Herald / Defense lawyers balk at mid-2019 Guantánamo trial date for al-Qaida commander
/ Andy Worthington / WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Guantánamo Prisoner Salem Gherebi’s Letter Explaining Why He Voluntarily Returned to Libya from Senegal Despite the Danger in Doing So
/ Andy Worthington / Sad Confirmation that Second Ex-Guantánamo Prisoner Resettled in Senegal Has Been Forcibly Returned to Libya, Where His Life Is At Risk
/ Katherine Hawkins / Just Security / What the Senate Needs to Ask Gina Haspel
/ Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast / Gina Haspel, Trump’s Pick to Lead the CIA, ‘Ran the Interrogation Program,’ Said Former CIA Lawyer
/ Chris Megerian / Los Angeles Times / John McCain was tortured as a POW in Vietnam. Will he help sink CIA nominee implicated in torture program?
/ Agence France Presse / US plans to send American 'Daesh fighter' to third country
/ Bertie Weddell / Moscow-Pullman Daily News (Idaho) / Letter: Guantánamo not 'in line' with our values
/ Muira McCammon / Slate / Trouble @JTFGTMO: Why did the Joint Task Force of Guantánamo start deleting its tweets?
/ Brent Rushforth and Robert Rees / Mercury News (California) / Opinion: Guantanamo Bay prison symbolizes our nation’s inhumanity
/ Shane Harris and Kamir Demirjian / Washington Post / Gina Haspel’s nomination to head CIA faces some opposition in Senate
/ Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh / Democracy Now! / Will Senate Democrats Block Confirmation of Climate-Denying, Torture-Backing Pompeo to State Department?
/ Alexandra Moore / The Conversation / How the CIA’s secret torture program sparked a citizen-led public reckoning in North Carolina
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