British AG Goldsmith Slams Revised Gitmo Detainee Rules

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(Associated Press)

Goldsmith Slams Revised Detainee Rules

By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer

Monday, February 12, 2007

(02-12) 09:43 PST MIAMI, (AP) --

Revised rules for the treatment and military trials of detainees at the Guantanamo
Bay prison camp are "too little and too late," Britain's attorney general said
Monday, repeating his call to close the facility.

Attorney General Lord Goldsmith said that Guantanamo remains a symbol of injustice
because prisoners held in the facility in Cuba cannot use American courts to protest
their detention and may be convicted of crimes on the basis of coerced evidence and
other means not typically allowed in civilian courts.

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Goldsmith said the fight against terrorists must be won not only through force, but also
values and ideas.

"The presence of Guantanamo makes it so much more difficult to do this for all of us,"
he said.

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