Andy Worthington

Scott Horton, September 04, 2007

Andy Worthington, author of The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison, discusses the Padilla case and the destruction of 800 years of Anglo-American legal tradition (and patiently listens as Scott goes on and on – sorry).

MP3 here. (41:38)

Andy Worthington is a British historian, and the author of The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison (to be published by Pluto Press in October 2007).



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6 Responses to “Andy Worthington”

  1. Marina
    September 5th, 2007 at 1:08 am

    According to the mainstream media the US has been trying to close Guantanamo by sending the prisoners to their country of origin. Apparently many countries such as New Zealand, Canada have refused to “take back” their countrymen. Is this true? If they are innocent and being tortured then why is noone rushing to their rescue?

  2. Erich
    September 5th, 2007 at 2:58 am

    Could be that the US is not the only country blessed with a government that fears its own people?

  3. Ab
    September 5th, 2007 at 11:40 am

    Marina, is that a legit method of testing innocence?

  4. Andy Worthington » Blog Archive » Interview about Jose Padilla on Anti-war.com – and information about a Guantánamo documentary
    September 5th, 2007 at 1:06 pm

    [...] On Tuesday, Scott Horton invited me back on his radio show to discuss Jose Padilla, Guantánamo, torture, secret prisons and the fact that something rotten lurks at the heart of the current US administration. The interview followed the publication of my article Jose Padilla: More Sinned Against Than Sinning, published on Anti-war.com (and also here), and is available as an MP3 here. [...]

  5. Marycatherine Barton
    September 6th, 2007 at 11:55 am

    In 2005, when speaking before the legal community at Indiana University of Law in Bloomington, the dean of Yale Law School called for Bush to be impeached since, in my words, he set himself up to be the Master Torturer, which is a major crime against our constitution, forbidden by the U.S. constitution.
    Speaker of the House Pelosi be damned for her fight against her duty to so impeach BushCheney.

  6. Marina
    September 11th, 2007 at 2:53 am

    Ab, no, of course not. If other govtmts are not helping close down gtmo by accepting prisoners then they are complicit with what’s going on there. So why are they not accepting prisoners was my question.