Scholars’ Statement of Principles for the New President on U.S. Detention Policy
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![Across the political spectrum, there is a growing consensus that the existing system of long-term detention of terrorism suspects without trial through the network of facilities in Guantánamo (above) and elsewhere is an unsustainable liability for the United States that must be changed. (AP/Brennan Linsley)]()
Scholars’ Statement of Principles for the New President on U.S. Detention Policy
A statement from several prominent scholars on principles for the new president and Congress on U.S. detention policies.