When I tell people that I represent a man who is still held at Guantanamo there are two questions that I get too often.
Isn't Guantanamo closed, I thought Obama closed it? (sigh)
and, What could you still be litigating at this point?
The first question is easy to answer. NO- it is not closed- Obama lost interest and there were still 50 men left when Obama left office- As I recall, one of those who remains was literally ripped off the plane in the last days of the Obama administration because Obama blew a timing issue.
The second question has always been hard to explain to non-lawyers.
But now Shane Kadidal (from Center for Constitutional Rights) who has worked on Guantanamo issues since the beginning answers the second question in a really understandable way. Thank you Shane.
Read Shane's piece here.
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