All,
The following article is related to our late semester readings, which will deal with the country's reactions to the attacks on 9.11. Specifically, we will be discussing the arguments for suspending what has hitherto been regarded as fundamental human rights, e.g., habeas corpus. Mr Obama has pledged to close GitMo by January of next year, although some in the administration (including Defense Secretary Robert Gates) have stated that this was an ambitious, unrealistic goal. Regardless, you may want to start following the discussion given that the issue is changing literally daily. (As of October 4th, the Republicans were blocking Mr Obama's attempts to close the base. As the attached article illustrates, by October 8th they already had come to a deal regarding the detainee trials, transfers, etc.)
Cheers,
-W.
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It's also worthwhile to look at what we have done so far with some of the detainees and the price we are paying others to take them. For example, Palau agreed to take 17 detainees in exchange a reported 200 million dollars in aid. We also paid Bermuda a substantial amount of money to take detainees.
ReplyDeleteA link to the article and a funny clip about it below.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/09/report-obama-administration-talks-palau-resettle-uighur-detainees/
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-june-16-2009/guantanamo-baywatch---uighur--please