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By Dahlia LithwickPosted Monday, April 28, 2008, at 10:41 AM ET
A version of this piece appears in this week's Newsweek.
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Neal Katyal described the earliest flaws in the Guantanamo tribunals, and Jack Goldsmith suggested fixes for the legal policy in the war on terror. Charles Swift scrutinized the timing behind the Guantanamo trials, and Emily Bazelon explored the reasons Congress would ban torture but allow torture testimony. David Cole asked how al-Qaida's worst criminals can even be tried, and Dahlia Lithwick explored the real reason the administration wouldn't ever back down on Guantanamo.Dahlia Lithwick is a Slate senior editor.
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