July 6, 2009
Scholars Race to Preserve Guantánamo Records
Paolo Pellegrin, Magnum Photos
A detainee is escorted by two guards at the Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp in June 2006.
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Paolo Pellegrin, Magnum Photos
A detainee is escorted by two guards at the Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp in June 2006.
Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and Selma, Ala., are more than 1,100 miles apart, but in Mark P. Denbeaux's mind they are neighbors. Each has been witness to political dramas whose impact will be felt for decades, but the daily, personal experiences that made up those events are vulnerable to failing memories and historical rewrites. That worries Mr. Denbeaux, a professor at Seton Hall University's School of Law, where he directs the Center for Policy and Research.
He has a personal
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