Center for American Progress Center for American Progress
Issues Domestic Civil Rights, Liberties, and Justice

From Gitmo to Bagram

It is disappointing that the panels responsible for reviewing the Obama administration's detention policy at Guantánamo Bay and its interrogation policy overall announced on Tuesday that they would need more time to complete their evaluations. Thankfully, though, the pending review of the Afghan prison and judicial system is on track to be completed swiftly and thoroughly by the US military at this critical juncture in the nearly eight-year-long conflict.

Read more here.

This article was originally published in The Guardian Online.

To speak with our experts on this topic, please contact:

Print: Suzi Emmerling (foreign policy and security, energy, education, immigration)
202.481.8224 or semmerling@americanprogress.org

Print: Jason Rahlan (health care, economy, civil rights, poverty)
202.481.8132 or jrahlan@americanprogress.org

Radio: John Neurohr
202.481.8182 or jneurohr@americanprogress.org

TV: Andrea Purse
202.741.6250 or apurse@americanprogress.org

Web: Erin Lindsay
202.741.6397 or elindsay@americanprogress.org

Subscribe to RSS Feeds

RSS IconSite-Wide and Issue-Specific RSS Feeds

Related Articles

New York's 9/11 Trial Justice, by Ken Gude

Getting Back on Track to Close Guantanamo, by Ken Gude

No Background Check? No Problem, by Sam Fulwood III

Evangelicals Step Up for Marriage Equality, by Marta Cook

Vanessa Cárdenas: We Can Achieve Immigration Reform, by Vanessa Cárdenas

Also by Sean Duggan

Integrating Security, November 16, 2009

Serving America's Veterans, August 31, 2009

Inadequate Afghan Security Forces, August 10, 2009