Guantánamo

What the World Should Know

by Michael Ratner, Ellen Ray

Including Anthony Lewis

Table of Contents

A President Beyond the Law” by Anthony Lewis, May 7, 2004
Interviewer’s Preface, by Ellen Ray
Interviewee’s Preface, by Michael Ratner

Chapter One

Guantánamo and Rule by Executive Fiat

Guantánamo Explained
CCR’s Involvement
The End of the Rule of Law
Rule by Executive Fiat
“Enemy Combatants”

Chapter Two

The United Nations Convention Against Torture
The Trip to Guantánamo
Interrogations
“Rendition”

Chapter Three

False Confessions
Guantánamo as a Model for Iraq
The British
The Afghans and the Pakistanis
The Children

Chapter Four

Military Commissions and The Supreme Court

The Commissions
The Supreme Court and Guantánamo

Conclusion

Documents

• Lease of Coaling or Naval Stations Agreement Between the United States and Cuba (1903)
• Platt Amendment (1903)
• Military Order of November 13, 2001 (Military Order No. 1)
• Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners (III) Article V
• Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Part I, Articles 1–16)
• Memorandum from Alberto R. Gonzales to the President (January 25, 2002)
• Memorandum from Colin L. Powell to Alberto R. Gonzales (Counsel to the President) and Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs Condoleezza Rice (January 26, 2002)
• News Transcript from the United States Department of Defense (February 13, 2004)
• White House Fact Sheet on Status of Detainees at Guantánamo (February 7, 2002)
• Letter from Shafiq Rasul and Asif Iqbal to Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee
• Press Release “Officials Set Up Review Procedure for Guantánamo Detainees,” American Forces Press Service
• Press Release “CCR Calls Guantánamo Review Policy ‘Inadequate and Illegal’”

Appendix Two

Further Reading

Appendix Three

Web Sites with More Information