Thursday, December 06, 2007
Guantanamo detainees at the Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments once again yesterday concerning the rights of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. A good place to start to understand the questions in these cases is this NPR presentation which incorporates bits of the recording of the arguments released immediately by the Court. 11:36 min. Script
If you want to hear the full recording of the arguments, the Oyez site has the recording here. 1:23 .mp3 download or flash. The transcript will appear with the recording as soon as possible.
More links to reports of the two cases, Boumediene v. Bush and Al Odah v. US, can be found here.