The occasion is the latest convening of the Human Rights Committee on the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). A U.S. delegation will face independent United Nations experts on the Committee, tasked with assessing compliance with the ICCPR, who will once again question U.S. treaty violations at Guantánamo Bay. The U.S. presentation provides an opportunity for President Biden to take a significant step forward and recognize the application of international law to the medical needs of an aging detainee population that is fast deteriorating from the effects of torture and harsh conditions.

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    And an attorney who argued in favor of torture at Gitmo is polling second behind trump.

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      1 year ago

      Wasn’t DeSantis involved in torture at Gitmo as a lawyer?

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        I’m not sure what you’re trying to say, bro.

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          DeSantis was as I recall a US DOJ lawyer who was part of overseeing the “legality” of the torture of people at Gitmo.

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            Yeah. JAG at the time I thought, but he was the one arguing water boarding isn’t torture.