Clive Stafford Smith

Guantanamo, Torture, Secrecy

[audio:http://dissentradio.com/charles/aw2007-10-12clivestaffordsmith.mp3]

Clive Stafford Smith, legal director of Reprieve, lawyer for more than 50 of the men at Guantanamo, author of The Eight O’clock Ferry to the Windward Side: Seeking Justice in Guantanamo Bay, discusses the “enemy combatants” held at “Gitmo,” why he’s doing what he’s doing, how the men ended up there, torture, the secrecy surrounding the situation, examples of innocent men being held there and the remaining ghost prisoners around the world.

MP3 here. (17:57)

Clive Stafford Smith is the founder of Reprieve and has spent 25 years working on behalf of defendants facing the death penalty in the USA.