No more Guantánamos

To build a system of detention without trial in order to accommodate those torture policies would be a legal and moral catastrophe, a mistake of historic proportions.

How an Obama administration chooses to tackle these issues will determine, in large part, the legal legacy of the last eight years. Even the clearest renunciation of torture will be an empty gesture if we simultaneously construct a new detention regime meant to permit prosecutors to ... Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
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by Dwight Rousu - Dec. 9, 2008

The article informs that washington insiders are proposing a replacement for Guantanamo's indefinite detention. It includes a clear analysis and warning about the legal system and attempts to trash it in particular cases.

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Paul Belle-Isle
4.9
by Paul Belle-Isle - Dec. 9, 2008

This is an incisive and clear-headed report that lays out the ramifications of Bush Administration policies of indefinite imprisonment for the incoming administration and the issues often obscured by the jargon of the "War on Terror."

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