Topic: Mohamed al-Qahtani

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Progress Watch
In Saudi Arabia, a quiet tide of reform

Declining the revolutionary model that Egypt established in overthrowing Mubarak, Saudi reformers are working for a shift in mind-sets as well as policies – and making headway.
'Monopoly': A YouTube sensation knocks Saudi royalty

'Monopoly,' one of several new critical videos, derides Saudi Arabia's lack of housing as a groom-to-be shows viewers the van where he envisions living with his new wife.
Bush should face criminal probe over post-9/11 'torture,' report urges

Human Rights Watch urges a criminal investigation of former President Bush, Vice President Cheney, and two others over their alleged authorization of torture of terrorism suspects after 9/11. The Obama administration has narrowed its probe to the deaths of two men in CIA custody.
Rights group criticizes Saudi Arabia's Al Qaeda reeducation program

The vaunted program is supposed to convince militants that Al Qaeda's ideology is un-Islamic. But Human Rights Watch says it violates international law.
Terrorism & Security
Judge orders release of Guantánamo detainee

A US official says released detainees are taking up arms against the US.
Saudi activist who inspired rare hunger strike freed

The professor had been arrested after publishing a critical report.
U.S. charges six to start 9/11 military trials

They're the first to be tried in Guantánamo's war court for direct ties to plot.