Carol Chodroff, a former federal public defender in San Diego, is the advocacy director of the U.S. Program of Human Rights Watch.

Carol Chodroff's Salon stories

Tuesday, Aug 12, 2008 03:35 PDT

The show trial in Guantánamo

Why the conviction of Osama bin Laden's driver did nothing to undo the damage caused by Bush's policies in the war on terror.
Thursday, May 29, 2008 04:02 PDT

Still silenced in Guantánamo

After years spent here, one prisoner pins his hope on a single phone call from the outside world -- if it ever comes.
Saturday, May 24, 2008 04:00 PDT

Inside the Guantánamo terror trials

A bruised-up detainee rejects the proceedings, and his lawyer discovers that military officials withheld records about his client's mental health.

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