«Today, America's Guantánamo era enters its seventh shameful year. If we are ever to regain our standing as a nation committed to the rule of law and fundamental human rights, we must close the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay now, reaffirm our commitment to international treaties and our own Constitution, and either release or prosecute fairly the men who have been held so long in a legal and moral black hole. (...)
In truth, Guantánamo has demolished America's moral standing because the government chose to abandon our time-tested criminal justice system. In its place, they've erected a new regime of military commissions that permits -- according to recent congressional testimony by the Pentagon general who oversees it -- evidence obtained through torture, including the brutal practice of waterboarding.»
Anthony D. Romero
