The former commander of the USS Cole, the American war ship that was struck by a suicide boat in Yemeni waters more than eight years ago, on Thursday slammed President Barack Obama's orders to close the Guantánamo detention centre and reassess the prisoners being held there.
"We shouldn't make policy decisions based on human rights and legal advocacy groups," retired US navy Commander Kurt Lippold said in a telephone interview.
[From Former commander of attacked US war ship slams Obama over Guantánamo | World news | guardian.co.uk ]
1.30.2009
Rights, schmights
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