DOD Responds--Cryptically--to CCR Hunger Strike Letter
See this letter from Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Lietzau, on behalf of Secretary Hagel...
At bottom, it seems increasingly clear that there are two very different accounts out there about what's happening on the ground at Guantánamo--that provided by detainee counsel, and that provided by the government.
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See this letter from Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Lietzau, on behalf of Secretary Hagel...
At bottom, it seems increasingly clear that there are two very different accounts out there about what's happening on the ground at Guantánamo--that provided by detainee counsel, and that provided by the government. Hopefully, Judge Hogan's April 15 hearing in al-Madhwani will help to sort out which account is more accurate--and, if necessary, what should result as a consequence...
Steve Vladeck is a professor of law at the University of Texas School of Law. A 2004 graduate of Yale Law School, Steve clerked for Judge Marsha Berzon on the Ninth Circuit and Judge Rosemary Barkett on the Eleventh Circuit. In addition to serving as a senior editor of the Journal of National Security Law & Policy, Steve is also the co-editor of Aspen Publishers’ leading National Security Law and Counterterrorism Law casebooks.
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