In his response to Andrea Prasow, Ben suggests that, in continuing to object to military commissions that have been blessed by two Congresses and both the Bush and Obama Administrations, “Human Rights Watch sound[s] a bit like conservatives will … Read more »
Speaking of responses to my comments on the New York Times debate, Andrea Prasow of Human Rights Watch—who participated in the discussion—sends in the following:
Ben seems to find it boring that Human Rights Watch still maintains, as
The New York Times is running a Room for Debate feature entitled “Time to End Military Tribunals?” It reads a bit like a debate in which the participants are all going through the shadow-boxing motions—but the footwork was … Read more »
I promised yesterday that I would have more to say about Andrea Prasow’s comments on the fairness of the Majid Khan plea agreement after I had a chance to stew on them a bit. In the meantime, I have learned … Read more »
Yesterday, I posed a question to Human Rights Watch in response to some comments in the Washington Post by an official of the organization, Andrea Prasow. Prasow had been quoted, in reference to the Majid Khan plea, as follows:
“It’s
In today’s Washington Post, Peter Finn has an excellent story on the comparative leniency of sentencing in military commissions to date compared with sentencing in federal court. In it, he reports the following comment from Human Rights Watch:
Human
Monday, June 17, 2013
As John noted over the weekend, Clifford Sloan has been selected as the Department of State’s envoy for closing the GTMO detention center. Here are the Washington Post story and Politico story on the decision.
The Guardian has released yet another wave of classified materials, this time from the British agency GCHQ. They indicate that foreign government officials’ communications were monitored during international conferences.… Read more »
