Guantanamo: Fix It or Shut It Down ; Detainees Deserve Due Process That Passes the Smell Test of Western Democracy.

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How much more do we need to see and hear about what goes on - and just as germane, what doesn't - at Guantanamo Bay for Americans to demand a policy change?

An Army officer who was key to the enemy combatant hearings at Guantanamo has told the U.S. Supreme Court the military tribunals faced pressure to rule against detainees, often in the face of nothing more than vague and shaky intelligence and evidence. This can't surprise anyone who has watched the very name Guantanamo slide toward becoming a synonym for injustice.

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Guantanamo: Fix It or Shut It Down ; Detainees Deserve Due Process That Passes the Smell Test of Western Democracy.

We're not sure what good can come of the officer's affidavit to the Supreme Court - just two mont...

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