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Gitmo’s Last Honest Man

Abraham found that “evidence” was generally gathered by inexperienced staff with little legal or intelligence training, and he got no assurance that he was given access to all available evidence on a detainee

By H. Candace Gorman

In late June, a brave whistleblower submitted a devastating affidavit to the Supreme Court, which prompted the court to reverse itself and hear the latest Guantánamo cases challenging the Military Commissions Act. Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham’s affidavit exposed Guantánamo’s kangaroo tribunals for the sham that they are. Luckily, the only tribunal on which Abraham sat considered the case of my… return to article

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    Kudos to Ms Gorman!  And, why isn’t she making a tour of the talk shpws a la Karl Rove to bring this issue to the attention of the greater public?

    I guess it will be up to the next Dem. in the Oval Office to just open the gates and let them all go. There are no terrorists at Gitmo anymore, unless they have become so because of the treatment they have received there. It was a mistake at the start and it is well past time to just admit our mistake and correct it.

    And hope that there are no Padillas there who have been irreparably harmed by their incarceration by our government. As Dan Quayle presciently said, “what a waste it is to lose your mind.”
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    United States Posted by GillianB on Aug 22, 2007 at 8:35 AM
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