John Menick

I’m elated that the Dems won back the Congress, but I’m skeptical whether it will help close or even reform places like Guantánamo. As the Miami Herald writes, perhaps Rumsfeld’s departure will help even more. Then again, can it get any worse than US officials denying access to their clients? From AP:

“If attorneys were kept from visiting Guantanamo, the only information regarding conditions there would be provided by the government,” said Joshua Colangelo-Bryan, a New York lawyer whose Bahraini client tried to commit suicide at Guantánamo last year as Colangelo-Bryan was visiting him.

(Also see Amnesty’s page on the detention center, and their new project, Make Some Noise.)