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From Guantanamo Bay to Abu Ghraib, the history of the United States's handling of combatants in the Global War on Terrorism is filled with episodes that have diminished its reputation and influence in the world. Most military and intelligence professionals now agree that presenting a more positive vision of American values is critical to success over terrorist organizations like al Qaeda. Developing a coherent and effective human rights policy raises important questions: about the efficacy and legality of torture and extraordinary rendition, the use of military instead of civilian courts to prosecute suspected terrorists, and whether some prisoners can be held indefinitely without charge or trial. Considering both morality and strategy, the next president should issue an executive order that categorically forbids torture, end the use of secret detention, close the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, and seek to release or transfer to home countries detainees who cannot be prosecuted by the United States.

From Guantanamo Bay to Abu Ghraib, the history of the United States's handling of combatants in the Global War on Terrorism is filled with episodes that have diminished its reputation and influence in the world. Most military and intelligence professionals now agree that presenting a more positive vision of American values is critical to success over terrorist organizations like al Qaeda. Developing a coherent and effective human rights policy raises important questions: about the efficacy and legality of torture and extraordinary rendition, the use of military instead of civilian courts to prosecute suspected terrorists, and whether some prisoners can be held indefinitely without charge or trial. Considering both morality and strategy, the next president should issue an executive order that categorically forbids torture, end the use of secret detention, close the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, and seek to release or transfer to home countries detainees who cannot be prosecuted by the United States. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc., copyright The American Academy of Political and Social Science.]

Archaeological research in Let carried out within the framework of the Accessing Campscapes project has revealed the location, and preserved material traces, of the Roma detention camp from the period of the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, the area of which was partly destroyed and superseded by the industrial pig farm in the 1970s. The investigations have not only produced tangible evidence regarding the camp operation, structure, buildings and living conditions of the inmates but have also provided a means for the Roma to reclaim their neglected heritage. The planned Memorial to the Holocaust of the Roma and Sinti in Bohemia will take account of the results of the archaeological project and transform the site into a Romani memorialscape.

Shipping list no.: 2009-0241-P. ; "H.A.S.C. no. 110-51." ; "Hearing held, March 29, 2007." ; Includes bibliographical references. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Intro -- Dedication -- Map of Camp America -- Part I: The Island -- Preface: Call to Duty -- Chapter 1: No Sleep Till Gitmo -- Chapter 2: Training Days -- Chapter 3: Welcome to Guantánamo Bay -- Chapter 4: Priorities -- Chapter 5: Camp No -- Chapter 6: By the Dawn's Early Light -- Chapter 7: "Disturbance in Camp 4!" -- Chapter 8: Unacceptable Behavior -- Chapter 9: All Spin Zone -- Chapter 10: June 9, 2006 -- Chapter 11: Lies -- Chapter 12: Ten Days in the Real World -- Chapter 13: Return to Gitmo -- Chapter 14: Stress Dreams -- Chapter 15: NCIS -- Chapter 16: Seton Hall -- Part II: Discovery -- Chapter 17: Meet the Denbeauxs -- Chapter 18: Discoveries -- Chapter 19: Feds -- Chapter 20: Going to the Media -- Chapter 21: "All Accounted For" -- Chapter 22: Admiral's Memo -- Chapter 23: Missing Pages -- Chapter 24: What's the Motive, Joe? -- Chapter 25: The Mefloquine Motive -- Chapter 26: America's Secret "Battle Lab" -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- About Joseph Hickman -- Index -- Copyright.

On June 10, 2019, the Supreme Court denied certiorari in a case in which the D.C. Circuit held that the United States could continue to detain an individual at Guantánamo Bay until the cessation of the hostilities that justified his initial detention, notwithstanding the extraordinary length of the hostilities to date. The case, Al-Alwi v. Trump, arises from petitioner Moath Hamza Ahmed Al-Alwi's petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the legality of his continued detention at the United States Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay. The Supreme Court's denial of certiorari was accompanied by a statement by Justice Breyer observing that "it is past time to confront the difficult question" of how long a detention grounded in the U.S. response to the September 11 attacks can be justified.