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The Herald is one of the oldest and most pre-eminent regional news organizations providing expert coverage on issues relating to local and national issues. Provides a unique perspective of the people, policy, and politics of a place that has no U.S. military exit strategy similar to the days of the Vietnam War. Gitmo will continue to be part of the presidential debates and no doubt in the spotlight with the search for the next Supreme Court Justice.

Introduction -- Political and historical background -- Authority for the exercise of jurisdiction under the United States' municipal law and the international law of the sea -- United States' obligations under international human rights and refugee law -- Status determinations in international waters and in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba -- Detention and related issues in Guantánamo Bay -- Conclusion

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.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I -- 1. Internment Remains -- 2. Residues of Rightlessness -- Part II -- 3. Just to Stay Alive -- 4. Not a Place to Live -- Part III -- 5. Creating the Enemy Combatant -- 6. Living in a Dying Situation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

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Introduction / Daniel J. Jones --Foreword / Dianne Feinstein --Findings and conclusions --Executive summary.Background on the committee study ;Overall history and operation of the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program ;Intelligence acquired and CIA representations on the effectiveness of the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques to multiple constituencies ;Overview of CIA representations to the media while the Program was classified ;Review of CIA representations to the Department of Justice ;Review of CIA representations to the Congress ;CIA destruction of interrogation videotapes leads to Committee investigation, Committee votes 14-1 for expansive terms of reference to study the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program ;Appendix 1:Terms of reference ;Appendix 2:CIA detainees from 2002-2008 ;Appendix 3:Example of inaccurate CIA testimony to the Committee, April 12, 2007.

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