As the History Commons e-mail returns after a break, one of the busiest projects this week was the Loss of Civil Liberties Timeline. It has more about previously- and still-secret memos from the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel about the Geneva Conventions, rendition, and detainees. Some of the OLC's memos were later withdrawn, because of the "doubtful nature" of their propositions.
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Another active project was the Detainee Abuse Timeline, where a contributor has added material about Binyam Mohamed, a British resident captured in Pakistan in 2002 and then held in Morocco, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo, before his release early this year.
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In the International Relations Timeline we have new entries about the International Criminal Court, the Bush administration's lack of interest in multilateral cooperation, and, believe it or not, George W. Bush's sense of Vladimir Putin's soul.
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Contributors to the US Military Timeline have more about forthcoming weapons cuts, the return of fallen soldiers' remains to Dover Air Force Base, and missile defense.
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A contributor to the Iraq Occupation Timeline has added entries about the blocked confirmation of the new US ambassador, as well as Colin Powell's feelings about being unable to find those pesky WMD.
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Finally, in the Domestic Propaganda and Military Analysts Timeline a contributor highlights praise on Fox News from retired General Thomas McInerney for a defunded fighter. McInerney previously lobbied for the fighter's manufacturer.
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