Lawyers for Gitmo habeas
Hundreds of Oregon lawyers (including yours truly) have signed a letter to the state's congressional delegation, urging our representatives in Washington to restore the writ of habeas corpus to prisoners in our country's prison camp in Guantánamo, Cuba. I still can't believe that we even have such a facility, much less one that deprives people of their liberty for years without a meaningful hearing.
The full text of the letter (pdf), dated today, is here.
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Thank you for doing this, Jack.
Posted by Brian | February 6, 2007 5:27 PM
Right on, Jack!
Posted by Frank Dufay | February 6, 2007 8:20 PM
there is a growing grass-roots effort to restore habeas corpus. join us at:
projecthamad.org
and read about the latest developments regarding habeas corpus suspension and its effect on U.S. citizens at our blog:
projecthamad.org/blog
Posted by david | February 6, 2007 11:18 PM
Thank you. Please plan to send this to The O & other mass media outlets. More people need to know.
Posted by Carol Wells | February 7, 2007 8:15 AM
So sad to read this. Those in Gitmo need to be there and stay there as long as we can keep them there. The left coast has not endured what happened on 9/11, so it is easy to take sides with the swine!
Posted by Jim Golden | February 7, 2007 2:10 PM
Jim... really?
Posted by nate | February 7, 2007 2:36 PM
Figures that liberal politicians and lawyers would be more concerned with the fate of enemy combatants than the security of our country.
As far as I'm concerned, everyone that signed that letter should be on a south bound C-130 in an orange jumpsuit with a bag over his head.
These people are our enemies, they intend on destroying us, our nation, and our way of life. Let them rot in Gitmo.
Posted by HMLA267 | February 12, 2007 7:14 PM
Regarding my last post; please ignore the 2nd paragraph. I had a relative killed in Afghanistan in 2006. Gitmo is a necessary evil.
Posted by HMLA267 | February 13, 2007 8:35 AM
hoooooookay, I call troll on Jim and on HMLA. There is no legitimate excuse for the suspension of habeas. It was wrong when Lincoln did it, and it's wrong now.
Posted by smiley | February 13, 2007 6:40 PM