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    In this photo reviewed by US military officials, flags fly in front of the tents of Camp Justice, April 18, 2019, in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba.

    February 13, 2020

    Commentary
    Guantanamo’s Ugly Taint on US Diplomacy
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    Elisa Epstein

    Washington Advocacy Officer
    @elisacepstein

    @elisacepstein

    Published in: Just Security
  • United States
    A detainee paces around a cell block while being held in Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Camp VI at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba March 22, 2016.

    June 27, 2018

    Q & A
    Q&A: Guantanamo Bay, US Detentions, and the Trump Administration
  • United States
    Gina Haspel, a veteran CIA clandestine officer picked by U.S. President Donald Trump to head the Central Intelligence Agency, is shown in this handout photograph released on March 13, 2018. © 2018 CIA handout

    March 25, 2018

    Commentary
    Gina Haspel is the wrong choice to head the CIA
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    Laura Pitter

    Deputy Director, US Program
    Laurapitter

    Laurapitter

    Published in: The Hill

Reports

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  • July 12, 2011 Report

    Getting Away with Torture

    The Bush Administration and Mistreatment of Detainees

    George W. Bush
  • June 1, 2007 Report

    The Omar Khadr Case

    A Teenager Imprisoned at Guantanamo

  • June 28, 2006 Report

    Briefing Paper on U.S. Military Commissions

  • March 31, 2006 Report

    Q & A on Military Instruction Number 10

    Will It Keep Evidence Obtained through Torture or Cruel Treatment out of Commission Trials?

News

  • February 13, 2020 Commentary

    Guantanamo’s Ugly Taint on US Diplomacy

    In this photo reviewed by US military officials, flags fly in front of the tents of Camp Justice, April 18, 2019, in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba.
  • June 27, 2018 Q & A

    Q&A: Guantanamo Bay, US Detentions, and the Trump Administration

    A detainee paces around a cell block while being held in Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Camp VI at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba March 22, 2016.
  • March 25, 2018 Commentary

    Gina Haspel is the wrong choice to head the CIA

    Gina Haspel, a veteran CIA clandestine officer picked by U.S. President Donald Trump to head the Central Intelligence Agency, is shown in this handout photograph released on March 13, 2018. © 2018 CIA handout
  • January 10, 2018 Commentary

    After 16 Years, End Injustice at Guantanamo

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  • August 1, 2017 Letter

    Joint letter regarding concerns about lack of transparency in Guantanamo proceedings

  • December 6, 2016 News Release

    Statement on President Obama’s MacDill Air Force Base Speech

  • September 22, 2016 Dispatches

    Don’t Label Accused New York Bomber ‘Enemy Combatant’

    Real Justice Requires Due Process

    Ahmad Khan Rahami, New York bombings suspect
  • August 24, 2016 Commentary

    The Dangers of Guantánamo

    Keeping it Open Makes Us Less Safe

  • July 26, 2016 Dispatches

    Dispatches: Guantanamo 9/11 Case Staggers On

    Judge orders evidence destroyed related to defendants’ secret detention, torture

    Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, (2nd R) the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks, addresses the judge during the third day of pre-trial hearings in the 9/11 war crimes prosecution as depicted in this Pentagon-approved courtroom sketch at the U.S. Naval
  • June 28, 2016 Statement

    Submission to the UN Committee against Torture Review of US, 59th session, US National Security

  • May 12, 2016 Amicus Briefing

    Declaration in Support of Access to Guantanamo for UN Torture Expert

  • March 17, 2016 Dispatches

    Dispatches: Afghan Inquiry Slaps Wrists, Sidelines Justice

    MSF Hospital Ruins
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Demonstrators gather outside the courthouse of Bobigny, near Paris, on October 28, 2017, in relation to a case of alleged violence after an identity check. © 2017 Julien Mattia/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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