Perspective
Jan. 12, 2012
Guantanamo Bay: It’s time to transfer the remaining Afghan detainees
The war in Afghanistan is ending, so why are there still Afghans in Guantanamo Bay? By Anne Richardson of Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick LLP
Jan. 11 marks 10 years since the Department of Defense under the Bush administration opened a prison camp at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to "detain" suspected members of al-Qaida and the Taliban. The camp has come to represent what can happen when a nation loses its moral compass; when government lawyers rationalize torture; and when the idea that certain prisoners in our custody have no right to challenge their detent...
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