Guantánamo Forever?

January 11, 2012 marked the 10-year anniversary of the opening of the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay, yet new laws and staunch political opposition have made it increasingly unlikely that “Gitmo” will close under President Obama. Peter Bergen moderated a discussion at the New America Foundation on what the next 10 years may hold for the detention facility.

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Participants

Featured Speakers
Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA)
Senior Member, House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee

Andy Worthington
Author, The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison
Co-Director, “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo”

Col. (ret) Morris Davis
Executive Director, Crimes of War Education Project
Former Chief Prosecutor, U.S. Military Commissions at Guantanamo

Thomas Wilner           
Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP
Represented Guantánamo detainees in the Rasul v. Bush and Boumediene v. Bush cases

Moderator
Peter Bergen
Director, National Security Studies Program
New America Foundation