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Gitmo Closure in the Hopper

Gabe Rottman,
Legislative Counsel,
ACLU Washington Legislative Office
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May 1, 2007

California Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation yesterday to close Gitmo, which would move detainees to either civilian courts here or internationally constituted adjudicative bodies:

“Conducting trials elsewhere, either in the United States or before internationally recognized tribunals, will give these proceedings a credibility that they would not likely have it they were conducted at Guantánamo Bay,” Feinstein said.

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