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Brandt Goldstein & "Storming the Court"

In 1992, Yale law students sued the U.S. government over the detention of Haitian refugees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Author Brandt Goldstein -- attorney and writer whose work has been published in the "New York Times" Magazine and "Slate" -- explains how this case became precedent for human rights concerns over suspected terrorists held at the military base today.
Read entire article at WAMU "The Diane Rehm Show"