I'm Disappointed

Benjamin Wittes
Wednesday, January 11, 2012, 7:03 AM
I was certain that today, being the tenth anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, I would awaken to a big, fat New York Times editorial, rife with factual errors for me to correct and analytical misfires for me to mock. And yet there is nothing--just this oped arguing for the return of Guantanamo itself to Cuba. Guys, you're killing me here! What about my needs?

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I was certain that today, being the tenth anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, I would awaken to a big, fat New York Times editorial, rife with factual errors for me to correct and analytical misfires for me to mock. And yet there is nothing--just this oped arguing for the return of Guantanamo itself to Cuba. Guys, you're killing me here! What about my needs?

Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books.

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