Guantánamo Teach-In Telecast

A Prison Beyond the Law: How Should We Respond to the Problem of Guantánamo Bay?

9:00am-5:00pm -- National Teach-In Telecast -- Mcgregor Room 113

“The Guantánamo Teach-in is a unique opportunity for students and citizens across the country to fully grasp the meaning of Guantánamo -- not only for the detainees but for all Americans,” said Alan Sussman, professor at Bard College and Teach-In co-chair.

Panel Sessions Include:

• “A Guantánamo Primer” by Joseph Margulies, author of the recent and acclaimed, Guantánamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power
• “Journalists Behind Wire”: how investigative reporters have covered the heavily guarded and controversial military prison
• “The Military and the Commander-in-Chief”: the challenges for military officers conscious-driven to dissent from their commanders
• “First, Do No Harm”: the medical professional as healer and interrogator
• “Matters of Faith”: Guantánamo and the religious communities
• “Touchless Torture”: American interrogation and the Geneva Convention

Among the many distinguished speakers:

• Joe Margulies, Professor of Law at Northwestern Law School, lead counsel in Rasul v. Bush and author of Guantánamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power.
• Jane Mayer, New Yorker, Ms. Mayer is the author of several major articles on elements of the administration's detention policy.
• Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, the first print journalist allowed to report from Guantánamo.
• Adam Zagorin, Time, Mr. Zagorin and his colleague Michael Duffy were the first journalists to reveal the details of an interrogation at Guantánamo.
• Walter Pincus, who has reported on the history of coercive interrogations for the Washington Post
• Rear Admiral Donald Guter (Ret.), Dean of Duquesne Law School; Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Navy from 2000-2002
• Commander Charles Swift, who started the Hamdan litigation as military defense counsel to Mr. Hamdan two years ago.
• Capt. James Yee, former Chaplain at Guantánamo and author of For God and Country: Faith and Patriotism Under Fire
• Dr. Gerald Koocher, President American Psychological Association Leonard Rubenstein, Physicians for Human Rights
• William H Taft IV, former Chief Legal Adviser, U.S. State Department

A full program and information as it develops can be found at guantanamoteachin.com.

A Guantánamo Teach-In blog also has been established to review and discuss the issues surrounding Guantánamo prior to the Teach-In. The blog can be accessed at www.gtmoteachin.blogspot.com.

The public can attend the live session at Seton Hall Law School or one of the simulcasts at the participating institutions. Space, however, is limited by the capacity of each host site so advanced registration is advised by contacting the host institution. To obtain a list of host sites, please go to www.guantanamoteachin.com.