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Description

1. x, 380 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

1. Argues that civil liberties have eroded since the September 11 terrorist attacks and presents case studies of two men who were casualties of post-9/11 counterterrorism measures.

Subject

1. Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp
2. Terrorists > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States
3. Detention of persons > United States
4. Terrorism > Law and legislation > United States
5. Civil rights > Government policy > United States
6. Due process of law > United States
7. Prisoners of war > Legal status, laws, etc. > Guantánamo Bay Naval Base

Contents

1. Footprints in the carpet -- "Portland lawyer arrested!" -- A cry for help from Guantanamo -- Innocence is irrelevant -- Seized and disappeared -- From September 11 to Guantanamo Bay -- The matching of latent print # 17 -- A lonely battle -- Feeding refugees and teaching orphans -- The unconscionable detention of Adel Hamad -- The seeds of mercy -- A life exposed -- The ice man -- Something to hide -- The cavalry is coming -- The DTA and the second rebuke-- Homeland security -- Proffer and immunity -- Catch 22 -- The road to Kabul -- Defenders in the war zones -- Spanish truths/American lies -- Mayfield : the aftermath -- the MCA and the third procedural stall -- The dark winter -- Tea with the ministers in Sudan -- The final round for Adel -- The fight for freedom is never won.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-359) and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain