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Tuesday, May 31, 2005
 
GITMO, "Gulag," and Absurdity

The NYT published an article about the new influx of attorneys at GITMO to represent detainees.

In related news...

President Bush and VPres. Cheney responded to a recent report by Amnesty International which condemned the conditions at GITMO as a "gulag." Bush called the report "absurd"; Cheney said he "frankly [doesn't] take them seriously" [transcript, thanks to PoliticalWire for the pointer].

Yet, not too long ago, the Administration used AI as part of the rationale for the War in Iraq: ThinkProgress has the info.



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