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Get Me Out of Gitmo

Most detainees at Guantánamo are willing and able to go home, but Bush’s spin continues to dizzy our corporate media

By H. Candace Gorman

The U.S. media is slowly developing a bark when it comes to the Bush administration’s unconscionable detention policies. The fact that the great majority of Guantánamo’s prisoners have never (and will never) be charged with any crime seems to be sinking in. Following Colin Powell’s Johnny-come-lately call for Guantánamo to be shut down “not tomorrow but this afternoon,” many major newspapers… return to article

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  • Catch-22 in the 21st Century
    Government censors are making like Joseph Heller's character Yossarian and blacking out random information in letters from Guantánamo that has nothing to do with "national security"
  • Third Time’s the Charm?
    The military didn't even bother to retain most of the documents from the Combatant Status Review Tribunals conducted in 2004, so the government has no documents showing any reason for holding these men
  • Suicide and Spin Doctors
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