Posted on January 18, 2008 by Tracey
IN THE NEWS….Jose Padilla trained with al-Qaeda and was convicted of conspiring to commit murder. His headline case drew national attention to the controversial treatment by the Bush administration of military prisoners and “enemy combatants.” Padilla’s single mother, Estela Ortega-Lebron, spoke last year about the toll taken by the three years her son was held [...]
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Posted on January 10, 2008 by Tracey
IN THE NEWS….Kenneth Cashwell and William Ellsworth “Max” Grumiaux got just three years’ probation and $1,000 for various and unclear actions with stolen Blackwater weapons. Both Cashwell and Grumiaux submitted plea bargains and are cooperating in ongoing Blackwater investigations, although only the judge heard more of those stories….( New Bern Sun Journal, [...]
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Posted on December 21, 2007 by Tracey
IN THE NEWS….Jamie Leigh Jones is suing her former employers Halliburton/KBR, alleging that she was gang-raped by fellow employees in Iraq, denied follow-up medical care, and that investigations into her claims have been repeatedly thwarted by the State and Justice Departments. At least three other women have come forward with stories similar to Jones’. The [...]
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