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Michael Ratner
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Quotes by Michael Ratner
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They couldn't show people what they were really doing, because what they were really doing was illegal and inhumane, ... It's such a fraud. It reminds me of the special concentration camps set up in World War II. They would take the Red Cross there to see there was an orchestra and all sorts of nice things.
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It's chilling to read it, not because of one incident but because of what you see here, the United States was running here, was a two-and-a-half year interrogation camp,
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The big problem for me here is they're nailing these low-level guys. A vigorous defense is that this stuff was authorized from the top.
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This lawless situation must not continue, ... Every imprisoned person should have the right to test the legality of their detention. It is this basic principle that has been denied to our clients.
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This lawless situation must not continue. Every imprisoned person should have the right to test the legality of their detention. It is this basic principle that has been denied to our clients,
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They have been very resistant to releasing the names. There are still people there who don't have a lawyer, and we don't know who they are. They have disappeared.
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This could be a big break if Pappas testifies as to why those dogs were used and who ordered the dogs to be used. It's a steppingstone going up the chain of command, and that's positive. It might demonstrate that it wasn't just a few rotten apples.
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The Supreme Court has not closed the doors of justice to the detainees imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay. This is a major victory for the rule of law and affirms the right of every person, citizen or non-citizen, detained by the United States to test the legality of his or her detention in a U.S. Court.
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