‘I will never leave Guantanamo’
By Sabin Willett | Monday, December 3, 2007 | The Boston Globe
“…’WE HAVE important news for you!’
Chained to the floor of a cell in Camp Six, Guantanamo, Joseph said nothing. But he had some news for us, too.
The Court of Appeals had decided what record – what pieces of paper – it would examine when it considered his “Detainee Treatment Act” case. This was big. For months, we urged the Bush administration to release its exculpatory evidence about Joseph. The administration fought back hard. And we’d won – a brilliant victory!
‘What do they say – these papers?’ Joseph asked.
An awkward pause followed. We didn’t exactly have them yet. The government had moved for reconsideration, filed affidavits, more briefs. There might be further appeals. It was complicated. The order came down in July, and now it was October. They hadn’t produced a page. But it was a great victory!….”…BS
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