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Frida Berrigan in the National | 'Guantanamo Ruling Sets up Political Showdown'

June 16, 2008

...“Politics is going to come in here very, very fast,” said Frida Berrigan, an organiser with the grassroots group Witness Against Torture, which is also seeking to close Guantanamo. 

“Does Congress have a mandate to back the supreme court in the middle of this election season?” she asked. “I think there’s going to be a lot of roadblocks in the way of enacting what the supreme court has judged and determined.

“What does it mean for the men of Guantanamo?” Ms Berrigan said. “It means more waiting; it means more ambiguity; it means more games – with their lives at stake...” LINK



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