Close Gitmo

Filed under: Guantanamo Bay, Justice, Middle East, United States, War on Terror — Michael van der Galien, Editor-in-Chief on December 10, 2007 @ 7:15 pm CET

Changing the procedures isn’t enough. Guantanamo Bay has to be closed and, then, the US has to make a new start with regards to how it treats terrorism suspects.

“It’s war” isn’t sufficient reason to break with the rule of law and to prevent suspects from defending themselves, nor to keep people locked up for six years without charging them with anything.

Heck, there’s never a good reason to treat suspects like that.

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  1. 1 Dustin Metzger

    December 10, 2007 @ 9:59 pm CET

    Heck, there’s never a good reason to treat suspects like that.

    Sure there is… it just happens to be only found in Tom Clancy novels.

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