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U.S. Drops Charges Against 5 Detainees

Date: October 21, 2008

Author: William Glaberson

QUOTE: The Pentagon official in charge of military commissions at the naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, dismissed war crimes charges on Tuesday against five detainees, the latest challenge for the Bush administration’s long-troubled system for prosecuting detainees at the base.

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Key People:

• Attorney General John Ashcroft
• Michael Ratner Esq.
• Col. Lawrence J. Morris
• Colonel Darrel J. Vandeveld
• Jose Padilla

Key Organizations:

• Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)
• Department of Defense (DOD)/Defense Department
• New York Times Company

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Government & Politics / History
  • Government (General)
    • Human Rights
      • Torture
    • International Relations/Diplomacy
      • War/Military
        • Treatment of Combatants
    • National Security / Secrecy

• Law & Justice
  • Criminal Law
    • Criminal Justice System
      • Punishments / Prisons

• North America
  • United States of America/USA

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