New military report on Gitmo detainees cited to support interrogation policies News
New military report on Gitmo detainees cited to support interrogation policies

[JURIST] US military officials are citing a recent overview of information obtained from Guantanamo detainees as evidence that the military should be able to conduct operations at Camp Delta without intervention from the US court system. The unclassified document [PDF], quietly released online last month, highlights the results from some 4,000 interrogation reports and the information obtained therein, including reports of al Qaeda's terror operations, training, and tactics employed in attempts to attack the US. Administration officials contend that it is more important to continue the interrogations in order to attempt future terror attacks than to grant constitutional safeguards to non-US citizen enemy combatants. The Los Angeles Times has more.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Montgomery started racially-integrated bus service after boycott

On December 21, 1956, buses in Montgomery, Alabama, started racially integrated service following federal court rulings ending on-board segregation. Bus boycott leaders Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and Rev. Ralph Abernathy were among the first riders under the new scheme. Learn about the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Stalin born

On December 21, 1879, Joseph Stalin was born in Gori, Georgia. In 1922, he became leader of the USSR until his death in 1953. During his time as Soviet dictator, Stalin industrialized his country, which he then led to become one of the world's two superpowers after WWII. Through his infamous purges, show trials and nationwide famines, Stalin also became responsible for millions of deaths.