Comments on: How Guantánamo Can Be Closed: More Advice for Barack Obama

By: Doug Bandow » Blog Archive » Free the Uighurs from Guantanamo Bay

Doug Bandow » Blog Archive » Free the Uighurs from Guantanamo Bay — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:11:47 +0000

[...] stranded in Guantánamo with no notion of when they will ever be released. As I explained in a recent article, the only other solution is for Barack Obama to step in and order the men’s release. Given the [...]

By: freedetainees.org » Will Europe Take the Cleared Guantánamo Prisoners?

freedetainees.org » Will Europe Take the Cleared Guantánamo Prisoners? — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:50:47 +0000

[...] rumors continue to fly regarding Barack Obama’s plans to close the notorious “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo Bay, one country in the European Union, [...]

By: exotraxx division

exotraxx division — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:30:12 +0000

[...] but not guilty enough to prosecute,” these prisoners — approximately 125 in total — are caught between the 50 or so prisoners who have been cleared for release but cannot be freed because of [...]

By: Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:34:28 +0000

After this article was published, I received the following message from Marilyn Shepherd:

Hello Andy,

I think it can be done with will by Obama without too much drama.

David Hicks has the control order lifted on him next month and can get on with life.

Mamdouh Habib’s new book is breaking hearts all over the country because the utter honesty of his story shines through.

I have just read Jane Mayer’s “The Dark Side” and was struck by her naive belief that this is the first time the US has tortured people.

I watched a film called Winter Soldier, the horrendous testimony and photos and film footage of the Vietnam vets taken from 1966-70, and there is one particular photo that could have been used as a template for Abu Ghraib. It was of a young soldier being photographed by a colleague leaning over the body of a dead Vietnamese civilian and it could have been Sabrina in 2004.

The work of the pro bono lawyers all over the world for these guys has been one of the most remarkable exercises in leadership I have seen in decades.

Marilyn