Michael Ratner Quotes

This vigilantism demonstrates the utter breakdown of the government. These private security forces have behaved brutally, with impunity, in Iraq. To have them now on the streets of New Orleans is frightening and possibly illegal. - Michael Ratner

This lawless situation must not continue... Every imprisoned person should have the right to test the legality of their detention. It is this basic principle that has been denied to our clients. - Michael Ratner

This could be a big break if Pappas testifies as to why those dogs were used and who ordered the dogs to be used. It's a steppingstone going up the chain of command, and that's positive. It might demonstrate that it wasn't just a few rotten apples. - Michael Ratner

They have been very resistant to releasing the names. There are still people there who don't have a lawyer, and we don't know who they are. They have disappeared. - Michael Ratner

They couldn't show people what they were really doing, because what they were really doing was illegal and inhumane... It's such a fraud. It reminds me of the special concentration camps set up in World War II. They would take the Red Cross there to see there was an orchestra and all sorts of nice things. - Michael Ratner

The Supreme Court has not closed the doors of justice to the detainees imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay. This is a major victory for the rule of law and affirms the right of every person, citizen or non-citizen, detained by the United States to test the legality of his or her detention in a U.S. Court. - Michael Ratner

The president thinks the war on terror gives him carte blanche to go outside of the law. - Michael Ratner

The President decided that he was no longer running the country as a civilian President. He issued a military order giving himself the power to run the country as a general. - Michael Ratner

The fact that there are underground CIA facilities somewhere where people are being tortured has been known for a while. - Michael Ratner

The conscience of our nation is up for grabs. - Michael Ratner

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