The Guantánamo Papers

04-25-2011 • NY Times Op Ed

The internal documents from the prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, published in The Times on Monday were a chilling reminder of the legal and moral disaster that President George W. Bush created there. They describe the chaos, lawlessness and incompetence in his administration’s system for deciding detainees’ guilt or innocence and assessing whether they would be a threat if released.

2 Comments in Response to The Guantánamo Papers

Comment by Powell Gammill

Entered on: 4/26/2011 8:04:08 AM

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/26/world/guantanamo-files-portrait-of-push-for-post-september-11-attacks.html?_r=1&hp&gwh=24A2D71235E4B9A5FECCEA46B5728DF9

Comment by Powell Gammill

Entered on: 4/25/2011 10:21:40 PM

A Statement by the United States Government

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/25/world/guantanamo-files-us-government-statement.html?src=recg&gwh=905566F04C9743AF511075A83E65D2CF

“It is unfortunate that The New York Times and other news organizations have made the decision to publish numerous documents obtained illegally by Wikileaks concerning the Guantanamo detention facility. These documents contain classified information about current and former GTMO detainees, and we strongly condemn the leaking of this sensitive information. ....

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