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Gabe Rottman,
Legislative Counsel,
勛圖眻畦 Washington Legislative Office
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June 29, 2007

In response to the Gitmo yesterday. Here's Anthony's :

Colonel Davis finds fault with critics who compare Guant癒namo to totalitarian gulags, and responds by extolling the prison璽砂┬ culturally appropriate meals and available Korans. But he misses the central point about the wholesale despair of the men held at Guant癒namo: even if, by some miracle, any of the men charged as war criminals by military commissions were acquitted, there is no guarantee that they would go free.That璽砂┬ because, since they have been designated enemy combatants, the administration claims the right to hold them until the cessation of hostilities in the war on terror. It璽砂┬ just another way of saying they will be held indefinitely, with no real hope of release.More important, the jerry-rigged legal system used at Guant癒namo fails to uphold the best of American values. In any large organization, it璽砂┬ inevitable that someone doesn璽砂┤ get the word. We suggest that Colonel Davis check with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, who advocates the closing of Guant癒namo.

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