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Detention Tension

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Friday, March 03, 2006

Detainees at Guantanamo Bay who went on hunger strike recently claim the tactics the Government used to keep them alive amounted to torture. Two lawyers for some of the detainees recently came back from the detention center and report on their conditions. Plus: the case for impeaching the president; stories from the StoryCorps mobile booth; and listener calls on experiences in the Peace Corps.

Indefinite Article

Michael Ratner, Vice President at the Center for Constitutional Rights, editor of Articles of Impeachment Against George W. Bush (Melville House, 2006)
- lays out articles to impeach the president

» Center for Constitutional Rights
» Garrison Keillor opinion piece "What ...

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What's the Story?

Dave Isay, public radio producer, founder of Storycorps
and
Sarah Kramer facilitator at Storycorps
- on the mobile booths around the country and the stories people are recording

» Story Corps

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Detention Tension

Doug Cox
and
Sarah Havens, attorneys at Allen and Overy
- on their pro-bono work for detainees at Guantanamo Bay

» WNYC's Guantanamo Diaries series

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Foot Soldiers

Lex Rieffel, visiting fellow, Global Economy and Development Center at the Brookings Institution
- on the history and politics of the Peace Corps
and
John Coyne, director of communications at the College of New Rochelle and Peace Corps alum, Ethiopia 1962-64
- on his experience in ...

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Photofile: Storysmiths and Gitmo Lawyers


Dave Isay, founder of StoryCorps, and Sarah Kramer, StoryCorps facilitator


Doug Cox and Sarah Havens, Guantanamo detainee attorneys

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