Rumsfeld Exit May Reopen Detention Issue;

Guantánamo was Donald Rumsfeld's baby. Now, some see a chance for change in the U.S. war-on-terrorism detention policy. GUANTANAMO NAVY BASE

BY CAROL ROSENBERG
The Miami Herald
November 9, 2006

From his perch at the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld had an intimate, early interest in the creation of the detention center for terrorism suspects at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

With a stroke of his pen, he approved, temporarily, the harshest of interrogation tactics used there and was an outspoken advocate of the U.S. policy of indefinite detention without civilian court review. He even traveled to Miami two years ago to promote the policy to the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce.
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Detainee Status Debated
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Detainees: We Must Protect the Innocent

The Wall Street Journal
October 24, 2006

My Oct. 7 Rule of Law column "Produce the Body" urged that people detained in Guatanamo and other places be allowed to use the ancient writ of habeas corpus to challenge the legality of their detention in federal court. The three Oct. 16 Letters to the Editor of John D. Pearse, Richard Eggers and Kimble Johnson strongly dispute that conclusion and defend, though not explicitly, the recent Military Commissions Act that denies detainees any meaningful opportunity to obtain a judicial review of their detentions. One common thread in all three letters is that enemies of the United States who do not fight in uniform should not receive better treatment in our hands than uniformed combatants.
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In Time of War, Some Detainees Must Be Held Indefinitely

Letters to the editor
The Wall Street Journal
October 16, 2006

Produce the Body

By Richard A. Epstein
The Wall Street Journal
October 7, 2006