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Dafna Linzer was a senior reporter at ProPublica. She is the author of the ongoing series "Shades of Mercy" on racial bias in presidential pardons. The series was a finalist for Harvard University's Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting and honored by Investigative Reporters and Editors. Her work on Guantanamo and detention in the Obama presidency won the 2010 Overseas Press Club award for General Excellence and received honorable mention for the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel award.

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Say What? White House Errs on Guantanamo Facts

Dec. 16, 2009, 2:35 p.m.

Happy Birthday, Gitmo

Nov. 13, 2009, 3:59 p.m.

With Few Strong Cases, Government Rushes Toward Plea Deals for Guantanamo Detainees

Nov. 13, 2009, 11:59 a.m.

U.N. Can’t Account for Millions Sent to Afghan Election Board

Oct. 29, 2009, 9:15 a.m.

White House Regroups on Guantanamo

Sept. 24, 2009, 8:39 p.m.

Alhurra Targeted for Review by State Dept. Inspector General

Sept. 17, 2009, 4:21 p.m.

Obama Administration Appears Poised for Talks With Iran

Sept. 12, 2009, 12:58 p.m.

Farsi Version of Iran’s New Proposal for Nuclear Talks

Sept. 11, 2009, 2:54 p.m.

Exclusive: Read Iran’s New Proposal for Nuclear Talks

Sept. 10, 2009, 4:37 p.m.

Obama Seems to Rule Out Executive Order on Indefinite Detentions

July 2, 2009, 6 p.m.

White House Is Drafting Executive Order to Allow Indefinite Detention; Move Would Bypass Congress

June 26, 2009, 4:25 p.m.

Review of Gitmo Detainees Has Been Slow and Complex

June 26, 2009, 4:24 p.m.

Alhurra Bleeding Viewers, Poll Finds, But Spending is Up

May 29, 2009, 2:24 p.m.

Dozens of Prisoners Held by CIA Still Missing, Fates Unknown

April 22, 2009, 8:16 a.m.

List of Likely CIA Prisoners Who Are Still Missing

April 22, 2009, 8:15 a.m.

Judge’s Order May Force Gov’t to Outright Dismiss Case

Jan. 29, 2009, 5:35 p.m.

Does Obama Snub of Alhurra Signal a Shift?

Jan. 27, 2009, 4:27 p.m.

Brooklyn Minister, Target of Racist Comments by Former Pardon Attorney, Waits For a Second Hearing

Jan. 16, 2009, 4:48 p.m.

Where Things Stand: Alhurra

Dec. 24, 2008, 10:39 a.m.

Report Calls Alhurra a Failure

Dec. 11, 2008, 5:56 p.m.

Dafna Linzer
Read Dafna Linzer's e-book, Presidential Pardons: Shades of Mercy, on your Kindle or mobile device.

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