US Base in Guantanamo - It was a sign perhaps of how confused the process actually is, with even the judge saying he did not know what would happen to Salim Hamdan, Osama bin Laden's driver, after the remaining five months of his sentence have been served.

    The jury, after having found Mr Hamdan not guilty of the more serious charges

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    Despite a court ruling last week rejecting its claim of executive privilege, the White House still rebuffs congressional subpoenas for chief of staff Joshua Bolten and former counsel Harriet Miers.

    The two on Thursday requested that federal District Judge John Bates stay the ruling until the case is appealed.

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    Over the last several weeks, the US-operated Multi-National Force - Iraq (MNF-I) press office has supplied ConsumersForPeace.org with answers to questions on detention in Iraq. The information was requested in our continuing study of war crimes in Iraq.

    The military press office has been cooperative, forwarding the questions to Task Force 134 (TF-134), the unit responsible for overseeing US detention camps in Iraq, which responded in a timely way. (See Series One below for the questions and TF-134 answers.)

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    Wilmington, Ohio - Finally given a chance to address Sen. John McCain, Mary Houghtaling choked up Thursday and began to cry.

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    The Olympic Games begin Friday. No one doubts that the opening ceremony will be perfectly organized, that the fireworks will be the most beautiful in the world since the French Revolution's bicentenary on July 14, 1989, that Beijing will display absolute technical mastery in the implementation of a world-famous event.

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