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New Reports

	U.S. GOVERNMENT FILES OPPOSITION BRIEF IN CCR GUANT�NAMO SUPREME COURT CASE - On October 9, 2007, the U.S. government filed its opposing brief in the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) Supreme Court case that will decide once again whether the Guant�namo detainees have the right to challenge their detention. Read more. . .
	Blackwater USA Sued for Firing on Iraqi Civilians, According to Legal Team for Injured Survivor and Families of Three Killed - On October 11, 2007, a legal team including the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) sued Blackwater USA, the private military contractor whose heavily armed personnel allegedly opened fire on innocent Iraqi civilians in Nisoor Square in Baghdad on Sept. 16. Read more. . .
	SUPREME COURT REFUSES TO HEAR RENDITION CASE - On October 9, 2007, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) criticized the unanimous decision by the Supreme Court not to hear the case of Khaled El-Masri, the German citizen illegally picked up by the CIA as part of the government�s program of �extraordinary rendition� and sent to be tortured in a case of mistaken identity. Read more. . .
	NEW REVELATIONS ABOUT SECRET TORTURE AUTHORIZATIONS FROM DOJ - On October 4, 2007, The New York Times reported that the U.S. government is still holding people at CIA black sites after purporting to end the program a year ago, and is generating secret memos to propagate a program of so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques" that in reality qualify as torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. Read more. . .
	FORMER GHOST DETAINEE AT GUANT�NAMO TO RECEIVE LAWYERS - On September 28, 2007, attorneys with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a visit request with the Defense Department to see their client, Majid Khan, who was transferred one year ago from secret CIA detention to Guant�namo. Read more. . .
	CCR APPEALS CASE CHARGING ISRAELI OFFICIAL WITH WAR CRIMES IN KILLING OF PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS - On September 24, 2007, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) appealed a lower court�s decision to dismiss the case charging an Israeli official with war crimes for his role in dropping a one-ton bomb on a Gaza City apartment building, killing 15 Palestinians and injuring more than 150 others. Read more. . .