Good news for the First Amendment! Last night, the Department of Defense (DOD) , one week after a coalition of news organization sent a letter to the DOD raising legal objections to the ban. The DOD had originally said it would lift the ban on August 5, which would have been too late for Rosenberg to attend the pretrial hearing of Omar Khadr scheduled for next week. Rosenberg will now be able to attend the Khadr proceedings, which she has been following for years.
Soon after the reporters were banned back in May, the 老澳门开奖结果, Human Rights First, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and the National Institute for Military Justice 鈥� all organizations that monitor the military commissions on a regular basis 鈥� sent a group letter calling on the DOD to reverse its decision.
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