Ted Olson – the former US solicitor-general in the George W. Bush administration who argued against basic legal rights for Guantánamo Bay prisoners and defended their indefinite detention and torture – made a stunning admission Thursday: The Gitmo military commissions don’t work and should be shut down, and the government should strike plea deals with … Continue reading “Top Bush Lawyer Admits Guantánamo Military Commissions ‘Doomed From the Start’”
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