Ben Wizner has been a staff attorney at the ACLU since 2001, specializing in national security, human rights, and First Amendment issues. He is counsel in two lawsuits challenging the CIA's extraordinary rendition program, and in suits aimed at exposing FBI and Pentagon surveillance of domestic groups and individuals. He has been a frequent observer of military commission proceedings in Guantanamo Bay.
President-elect Obama has pledged to close the infamous military prison in Cuba. So why are people trying to give him the right to start all over again?
