Senator
Patrick Leahy is defending a decision by the Obama Administration to bring five
alleged terrorists to the U.S. for trial in the federal court system.
VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with lawyers David Sleigh and Robert Gensburg about the impact of court rulings on the Guantanamo Bay detainees they represent.
The Senate has
passed a $91 billion war spending bill that would fund stepped-up military
operations in Afghanistan but deny President Barack Obama money to close the Guantanamo Bay prison.
Senators Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders also say
they could support relocating some of the suspected terrorists to maximum
security prisons in the U.S.
A Vermont lawyer
who’s representing a terror suspect held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center says he’s eager to learn the details
of President Barack Obama’s new policy toward the detainees.
Attorneys Robert Rachlin, Robert
Gensburg and David Sleigh are doing pro bono
work for Guantanamo detainees. They speak with VPR’s
Jane Lindholm about the legal implications for their clients.
Three Vermont lawyers are doing pro bono work for detainees. They’ll explain the impact of last month’s Supreme Court ruling, and update us on the results of hearing on Tuesday that might clarify the next steps for court proceedings.
Arts organizations across Vermont
say the economic downturn is affecting them; two Vermont
lawyers representing detainees at Guantanamo
Bay are hailing a Supreme Court
decision allowing their clients to challenge their detention in a U.S.
courtroom; more…