What we are doing to the US reputation for justice by allowing this travesty to continue may well be irreparable. These prisoners need to be TRIED and either punished or freed. Disgusting.

This is a carefully written, detailed look at the detention of a fellow journalist for a highly respected academic journalism publication. The article walks the reader step by step through the events and allegations, including what evidence may or may not be adduced 9by primarily US sources) for the charges made against al-Haj. Most damning is the assertion that he was left to languish until obtaining the services of a lawyer and that the bulk of his interrogations seem to have focused on Al Jazeerah, which we know the present US administration views as a threat (and which, according to released British documents, the President suggested to Tony Blair should be bombed--and was). A further problem is the changes in allegations ... More »

Good lord, what damned subhumans are organizing this? Al Jazeera steps on everyone's toes, like good journalists are supposed to do. To demonize and torture with "secret" and probably imaginary evidence because Al Jazeera reports the reality of what is being done is atrocious.

It is good journalism because it tells a compelling story because of widely disseminated stories of abuses of the system of justice in our own courts. Anyone who wants to get an insight to these kinds of abuses only has to do an internet search for the words “The Power to Harm”. That series of stories is also good journalism.

Superb! Morris takes the time to look at the chilling event around one reporters dentition,,, first at the border of Afghanistan and now at Gitmo. Interviews of CNN reporters and family members makes this seeming science fiction seem all to real and heartbreaking. cut and paste did not work on this piece...please edit

Not unexpectedly, this is one of the more one-sided stories I've read in some time. All of al-Haj's story may be true, but what little is presented of the other side is filled with snark and bias. This is an important topic, and it deserves to be covered in an even-handed manner. Too bad the author proved unable to do so.