Barbara Olshansky won the biggest case of her legal career when the U.S. Supreme Court in 2004 ruled that detainees at the U.S. facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, could challenge their incarceration in federal court. Rasul v. Bush, which The New York Times hailed as "the most important civil liberties case in half a century," reined in presidential power in prosecuting the war on terror. She lays out her case against her view of the abuse of power unique to the Bush administration and how it all happened.
Here we have two clips of talks she has given about the serious problems regarding detention of enemy combatants ensuing from 9/11 and the Afghanistan War.
The first video is a short 5 minute summary of some of her thoughts.
But the second video is a 53 minute talk about detainees at Guantanamo and around the world, how so many wrongfully got there and what has happened in the meantime. I believe it is a very compelling, thoughtful and educational talk well worth the time.
WATCH World Affairs Council Talk
