“The harm these detentions do to our international credibility and to our traditional sense of
fairness is immeasurable. This country has never been about inde nite detention — in this case, for life —
without charges or trial. It has always been about the rule of law and the right of the
accused to fair treatment. The longer the president’s policy of detention by decree persists,
the more that noble tradition is eroded.”
One resignation can’t remove detention stain, McClatchy-Tribune News Service, February 7, 2007
“When the Founding Fathers put habeas corpus in Article I of the Constitution,
they were underscoring the vital importance to a democracy of allowing prisoners to
challenge their confinement in a court of law. Much has changed since Sept. 11,
but the bedrock principles of American freedom must remain...”
American Liberty at the Precipice, The New York Times, February 22, 2007
“Court rulings or the imminent prospect of them have caused prisoners held incommunicado
to be granted attorneys and hearings, trial procedures to be improved and abusive treatment to
be curbed. There is much still to do to reform foreign detentions; Congress needs to put the
federal court system back into the process. It can do so by guaranteeing detainees the
basic human right to appeal their imprisonment.”
Restoring a Right; The detention and treatment of foreign prisoners still needs to be reformed,
Washington Post, February 15, 2007
“The United States must not sacrifice its long-held respect for human rights.
To stoop to torture or other immorality betrays the very values we are fighting to protect.”
U.S. needs fair legal system for Guantanamo captives, McClatchy-Tribune News Service, February 15, 2007