John Mccain Guantanamo

Michael McAuliff

Obama's Indefinite Detention Law Could Refill Gitmo

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.11.2012

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama failed two years ago to close the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison, and with Wednesday marking the 10th anniversary...

William Ayers and John McCain

Jane Smiley | Posted 05.25.2011

Jane Smiley

No one knows if bombs William Ayers built actually killed anyone. Likewise, no one knows whether the bombs John McCain dropped on North Vietnam ever killed anyone -- though given the 23 bombing runs he flew, the odds are for it.

A Razor-Thin Redemption

Robyn Blumner | Posted 05.25.2011

Robyn Blumner

We held innocent people at Guantanamo for years -- seriously mistreating some -- without giving them a chance to demonstrate their innocence. How is getting rid of such travesties indifferent to American lives?

John McCain, Legal Historian

Shayana Kadidal | Posted 05.25.2011

Shayana Kadidal

As McCain claims, judges are indeed "unaccountable" to voters. That is precisely why they are well-situated to serve to hold the executive branch accountable for its abuses and incompetence.

McCain: Guantanamo Decision One Of the Worst Ever

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

John McCain heightened his rhetoric about the Boumediene v. Bush decision, which grants the Guantanamo detainees to question their confinement in civi...