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House Votes to Close Guantanamo

HeadlineMay 18, 2007

In other news from Capitol Hill, the House has voted to demand the Bush administration begin the task of closing the military prison at Guantanamo. Meanwhile, a Navy lawyer has been found guilty of illegally leaking information about prisoners there. In 2005, Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Diaz mailed the names of 550 detainees at Guantanamo to an attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights. Diaz faces up to 14 years in jail.

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