...Even after the official end of the war on Afghanistan, the sense one gets of Guantánamo from the press is that it’s lamentable, yet somehow unchangeable. Outrageous, yet somehow acceptable.

Keeping it out of the US public sight and mind was part of government’s plan for Guantánamo. Some people have been resisting that effort along with defending detainees’ rights for many years now, including our guest. Pardiss Kebriaei is senior staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights and a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. She joins us now by phone. Welcome back to CounterSpin, Pardiss Kebriaei. ...

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