Wasting Away in Guantanamo Bay [5min]

The world's view of the American legal system is not quite as robust as it once was. Everybody's heard about Guantanamo, where critics say the usual legal rights of prisoners have been severely curtailed. But it gets a lot less abstract, and a lot more personal, when you're a defense lawyer representing some of the inmates. Meet Clive Stafford Smith, Legal Director of Reprieve, a British charity that defends cases involving alleged human rights abuses. He's put together a little audio diary for us, and he says when it comes to legal rights in Guantanamo, you're better an iguana. Reprieve represents 40 inmates at Guantanamo. Even though it has only been allowed to actually speak with 13 them. Listen to Smith's diary of bizarre encounters with the U.S. legal system in the place he calls "a law-free zone."