Tag archive for ‘mcclatchy newspapers’

Why we’re still talking about Guantanamo

What merit lies in false confession? When cornered between a rock and a hard place, man will acquiesce to practically anything.
When by nature, torture is accepted as perpetual mental or physical pain whose sole purpose is to obtain an outcome, how is accuracy and legitimacy tested? What Ulysses of a man can resist the continuous [...]

The weekend roundup: habeas schmabeas

Last Friday, hot on the heels of the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling that Guantanamo Bay detainees have the right to challenge their imprisonment in the US Court System, Sen. John McCain called it “one of the worst decisions in the history of this country.”
Really, John?  Was that hyperbole, like when your mom orders the Monte [...]

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