Obama and Gitmo: Wednesday May 8, 12-1 pm




WYPR: Midday with Dan Rodricks Podcast show

Summary: Last week, President Obama re-committed himself to closing the detention center for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay. Obama’s remarks came during a mass detainee hunger-strike and on the heels of a renewed conversation about terrorism in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings. Our guests: Terry Carter, senior writer for the American Bar Association Journal; Michael Greenberger, director of the Center for Health and Homeland Security at the University of Maryland; and Sig Libowitz, attorney and writer-producer of the acclaimed 2009 film, “The Response,” based on the transcripts of detainee tribunals at Guantanamo. He later served as an official observer to the militray tribunal process.