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A Kinder, Gentler Torture

H. Candace Gorman

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The Hippocratic Oath Dies in Gitmo

H. Candace Gorman

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Catch-22 in the 21st Century

Government censors are making like Joseph Heller's character Yossarian and blacking out random information in letters from Guantánamo that has nothing to do with "national security"

H. Candace Gorman

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Third Time’s the Charm?

The military didn't even bother to retain most of the documents from the Combatant Status Review Tribunals conducted in 2004, so the government has no documents showing any reason for holding these men

H. Candace Gorman

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Suicide and Spin Doctors

There are many ways for the oppressor to force himself into the mind of the oppressed, but one surefire way is through indefinite detention. Never knowing when--or if--you will be released is a cruel form of psychological torture and allows you to keep hope while simultaneously filling you with fear

H. Candace Gorman

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Inside the Secret Facility

In an Orwellian twist, the U.S. government monitors all correspondence between a Guantánamo attorney and her client

H. Candace Gorman

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Gitmo’s Last Honest Man

Abraham found that "evidence" was generally gathered by inexperienced staff with little legal or intelligence training, and he got no assurance that he was given access to all available evidence on a detainee

H. Candace Gorman

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Get Me Out of Gitmo

Most detainees at Guantánamo are willing and able to go home, but Bush's spin continues to dizzy our corporate media

H. Candace Gorman

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Torture By Another Name

The origins of "enhanced interrogation techniques" can be traced to the German Gestapo

H. Candace Gorman

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Locking Attorneys out of Guantánamo

Government launches war against habeas counsel under claim that lawyers are "acting as a conduit for the media"

H. Candace Gorman

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The Guantánamo Hunger Strike

Fasting prisoners force-fed twice a day as 30-inch plastic tubes are forced into their esophaguses

H. Candace Gorman

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Reading Harry Potter in Guantánamo

H. Candace Gorman

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Inside America’s Gulag

A Guantánamo lawyer reports from a parallel legal universe

H. Candace Gorman

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Diary of a Guantánamo Attorney

H. Candace Gorman