As a New York Times editorial asserts that banning torture and reviving the rule of law in Guantánamo Bay would not harm American lives, a federal judge reinstates 16 lawsuits that allow 40 detainees to challenge the legality of their imprisonment:
- On Torture and American Values (New York Times)
- Judge Reverses Guantanamo Ruling (Associated Press/MSNBC)
Some members of Congress seek to enhance weak oversight mechanisms of the Protect America Act, however debates over the possibility of immunity for telecoms allegedly complicit in government spying and whether umbrella or individualized warrants should be used when an American citizen’s communications are monitored:
- Democrats to Offer New Surveillance Rules (Washington Post)
Majorities in Muslim countries seek limited government, want democracy in their countries and see free trade as mostly beneficial to their country:
- World Publics Welcome Global Trade — But Not Immigration (Pew Global Attitudes Project)
Egyptian government releases 10 prominent Brotherhood officials, including reformist leader Essam El-Arian:
- Court Orders Release of 10 Senior Brotherhood Members (Associated Press/International Herald Tribune)
Musharraf wins sham election in Pakistan, but must keep his full victory celebration on hold until hearing back from the Supreme Court’s ruling on whether or not his presidential bid was legal in the first place:
- Musharraf ‘Wins’ Pakistan Vote (Al-Jazeera International)
“For those who haven’t paid attention to what al-Qaeda‘s leadership has been saying, anthologies like this one are instructive because the contents, on the whole, place so little emphasis on explicitly Islamic themes.”–Steve Simon, Library of Congress, reviewing Raymond Ibrahim’s Bin Ladin/al-Zawahiri anthology:
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