Going to see a ghost
By Gitanjali Gutierrez | Monday, October 15, 2007 | The Washington Post
“Today at Guantanamo Bay, I am supposed to meet a ghost. Actually, Majid Khan — whom I represent in my work as a lawyer at the Center for Constitutional Rights– is still very much alive. Yet his legal status as a person entitled to basic rights is under grave assault. You see, Majid is one of dozens of people who have been held in secret CIA detention centers around the world. They are known as ‘ghost detainees’ because our government hid them away from everyone, even the Red Cross. Their existence is an enduring reminder of the shocking abuse of power taking place in this nation….”…BS
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/11/AR2007101101599_pf.html
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