Beyond Guantanamo: Panel Explores What's Next (audio)

July, 2008
In its first 100 days, the next president's administration must not only take action to close Guantánamo, but also address the broader array of attacks on our Constitution and our rights that have taken place - from warrantless wiretapping, to the criminalization of activists, to the unprecedented expansion of executive power. Hear about CCR's blueprint for the First 100 days and our exciting new campaign.

On June 12, 2008, the Supreme Court issued a historic ruling in the combined cases of Boumediene v. Bush and Al Odah v. United States, affirming the Constitutional right of Guantánamo detainees to challenge their detention in the federal courts and undoing the attempts of the Bush administration and Congress to suspend the fundamental right of habeas corpus.

After this important decision, what does the future hold for Guantánamo's detainees? For the law? For the U.S.?

Featured speakers:

• Vincent Warren, Executive Director, CCR
• Stephen Abraham, Guantánamo whistleblower, attorney, and U.S. Army reserve officer who served on a military "combatant status review tribunal"
• Baher Azmy, Professor of Law, Seton Hall University and habeas counsel to Guantánamo detainees
• Pardiss Kebriaei, Staff Attorney, Guantánamo Global Justice Initiative, CCR
• Moderated by Annette Warren Dickerson, Director of Education and Outreach, CCR

Audio Recording of Part One (30 minutes, 09 seconds):
featuring Annette Warren Dickerson, and Baher Amzy.

Audio Recording of Part Two (30 minutes, 09 seconds):
featuring Baher Amzy and Stephen Abraham.

Audio Recording of Part Three (30 minutes, 09 seconds):
featuring Stephen Abraham and Pardiss Kebriaei.

Audio Recording of Part Four (23 minutes, 08 seconds):
featuring Pardiss Kebriaei, Vince Warren, and Annette Warren Dickerson.