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Decades later, the harm and the crimes associated with Guantánamo continue.

There can be little question that the grim prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, which still shows no sign of closing anytime soon, is a key legacy — in the worst

For more than 18 years, Karen Greenberg has been writing about the crimes the U.S. committed at its offshore prison of injustice at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. - Karen Greenberg for Antiwar.com Original

( Tomdispatch.com ) - There can be little question that the grim prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, which still shows …

Shutting down the prison is a first step, not a last step. The U.S. must finally confront the nightmare it created.

Article: Tomgram: Karen Greenberg, Guantanamo 21 Years Later - There can be little question that the grim prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, which still shows no sign of closing anytime soon, is a key legacy in the worst sense imaginable of Americas post-9/11 forever wars. Ive been covering the subject for decades now and that shameful legacy has never diminished[...]

What to know about the cases through the years.

Jose Padilla, the only U.S. citizen to be arrested on American soil, denied access to a lawyer for years and treated as an "enemy combatant," will learn his fate Tuesday in Miami. The former Broward County man's 2002 arrest turned into an saga about the rights of U.S. citizens accused in terrorism cases.

>> i certainly do. >> do you agree with me that under the law of war and enemy combatant properly designated can be held to the end of hostilities? >> yes. thats the circuit i was on before in the supreme court. >> do you agree with me that isis and al qaeda is still at war with us? >> yes, i do. >> so do you agree that anybody associated with these organizations could be held indefinitely if they present a risk to the american people. >> i think they could the determination of whether they pres...

Under the law of war, an enemy combatant properly designated can be held to the end of hostilities? >> yes. thats a law both of the circuit i was on before and the supreme court. >> right. so do you agree with me that isis and al qaeda is still at war with us? >> yes, i do. >> so you agree that anybody associated with these organizations could be held indefinitely if they present a risk to the american people? >> i think they could. i think that determination of whether they present a risk and h...