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...really controversial rulings Roberts has joined as a federal judge came down earlier this month, when the court said that prisoners held in Guantánamo Bay are not protected by the Geneva Convention and can be tried by military commissions. Roberts dissented in 2003 when his own court refused to rehear Vice President Dick Cheney's appeal to keep secret records from the meetings of his energy task force. Cheney had argued that handing over such documents would violate executive privilege...
...Given the global problem of child exploitation, Time showed a remarkable lack of responsibility and sensitivity. Keith Noble Nontahburi, Thailand Of Terrorism and Detainees I appreciated your article on Mohammed al-Qahtani, the so-called 20th hijacker of 9/11, who is being held in the prison at Guantá namo Bay [June 20]. Although I do not approve of torture, I think European nations and the U.S. should fight Islamic extremism by any means. Europe is vulnerable because of its laxity in responding to the hate and aggression preached by Islamic fundamentalist clerics. Europeans have a culture that is thousands...
...last sentence of your otherwise admirable investigative cover story on the shame of Guantánamo clearly rationalizes torture. What has happened to the America of my youth? David Wasserman Rognes, France...
Inside the Wire at Gitmo "Inside The Interrogation of Detainee 063" [June 20] showed the prison camp at the U.S. naval station at Guantá namo Bay to be a prime example of the hypocrisy that shrouds the U.S. By indefinitely detaining "enemy combatants" without availing them of legal defense, we show the world that the lives of non-Americans are unimportant to us. That is not a great way to spread democracy. If there is indisputable evidence that prisoners were involved in 9/11, then by all means they should be prosecuted. But if there is no evidence...
Detainee 063 was never physically harmed. He put his health in peril with his refusal to eat and take fluids. His treatment should be put in the proper context. Prisoners at Guantánamo are fed meals that accord with their religious beliefs, they are given Korans and prayer rugs, and their health is monitored. Torture camp? Sounds more like a resort...