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abuse and other violations of human rights that so tarnished this country's reputation. what we wanted to do through the book was to make clear that guantanamo wasn't just about legal battles. of course, it was about these landmark legal battles that have been fought, that have been brought by the lawyers on behalf of their clients to challenge the prison beyond the law. guantanamo is about more than that, though. it's about the stories. and i think the stories is the key here. what we've tried to do through the contribution of more than 100 of the lawyers who have worked on these ca...

>> author robert carol, what are you reading? >> i'm reading right now, re-reading a, the prime minister by anthony patrolop. he wrote six political novels about the -- england in the 1870s. wonderful political -- understanding of how human beings in politics, how human nature influences politics. >> why are you re-reading those? >> i just think he's got such -- well, first, his sentences are great. his paragraphs are great. you say, boy, how did he do this so i'm always looking to see how he did it. but even more than that, i write about how human nature -- i try to write about how ...

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