US Global Prison Network Detains 14,000 in Legal Limbo

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In the few short years since the first shackled Afghan shuffled off to Guantanamo, the U.S. military has created a global network of overseas prisons, keeping 14,000 detainees beyond the reach of established law. Disclosures of torture and long-term arbitrary detentions have won rebuke from leading voices including the U.N. U.S. Supreme Court. But the bitterest words come from inside the system...

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