Jose Padilla and the Descent Into Tyranny
[audio:http://dissentradio.com/radio/07_09_04_worthington.mp3]
Andy Worthington, author of The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison, discusses the Padilla case and the destruction of 800 years of Anglo-American legal tradition (and patiently listens as Scott goes on and on – sorry).
MP3 here. (41:38)
Andy Worthington is a British historian, and the author of The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison (to be published by Pluto Press in October 2007).
Author: Scott Horton
Scott Horton is editorial director of Antiwar.com, director of the Libertarian Institute, host of Antiwar Radio on Pacifica, 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles, California and podcasts the Scott Horton Show from ScottHorton.org. He’s the author of the 2017 book, Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan and editor of The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019. He’s conducted more than 5,000 interviews since 2003. Scott lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, investigative reporter Larisa Alexandrovna Horton. He is a fan of, but no relation to the lawyer from Harper’s.
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According to the mainstream media the US has been trying to close Guantanamo by sending the prisoners to their country of origin. Apparently many countries such as New Zealand, Canada have refused to “take back” their countrymen. Is this true? If they are innocent and being tortured then why is noone rushing to their rescue?
Could be that the US is not the only country blessed with a government that fears its own people?
Marina, is that a legit method of testing innocence?
Ab, no, of course not. If other govtmts are not helping close down gtmo by accepting prisoners then they are complicit with what’s going on there. So why are they not accepting prisoners was my question.
In 2005, when speaking before the legal community at Indiana University of Law in Bloomington, the dean of Yale Law School called for Bush to be impeached since, in my words, he set himself up to be the Master Torturer, which is a major crime against our constitution, forbidden by the U.S. constitution.
Speaker of the House Pelosi be damned for her fight against her duty to so impeach BushCheney.