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As a professional model and dancer in 1990, Kristine Huskey would never have guessed that by 2006 shed be one of Americas top human rights expertsand an attorney defending the worlds most controversial prisoners. Then again, her life had always had its unexpected turns. In
Justice at Guantánamo, Huskey tells the fascinating story of how she went from a childhood in Alaska to a civil war in Africa, from the glitter (and grunge) of life in the Big Apple to, finally, her true callinglaw.
Huskey was one of the first female lawyers to represent detainees of the Guantánamo Bay detention centerincluding two whose cases yielded a landmark Supreme Court decision allowing them to challenge their detentions in federal courts. Justice at Guantánamo delves into her many visits to the camps secretive, all-male world. Riveting scenes capture the intensity as Huskey advocates for such men as the twelve Kuwaitis” whose incarceration under inhumane conditions causes some of them to engage in near-fatal hunger strikes. When Huskey fights for better medical care for these men, they seek in her a friend and, sometimes, a savoir. Huskey continues to fight for her clients rights and to forge a career in the controversial realm of national security. In light of signals from the administration of President Obama that the United States may continue to detain suspected (but not convicted) terroristsnotwithstanding its plans to close the infamous detention centerHuskey must also ask: Can we forge a new policy that protects both our national security and our founding fathers ideals? While Guantánamos legacy will be questionable at best, this remarkable book shows that more certain is the legacy of one woman who never let anyone tell her no as she fought for the rule of law in the war on terror.”
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As a professional model and dancer in 1990, Kristine Huskey would never have guessed that by 2006 shed be one of Americas top human rights expertsand attorney for the worlds most controversial prisoners. Then again, her life had always had its unexpected turns. In Justice at Guantanamo, Huskey tells the fascinating story of how she went from a childhood in Alaska to a civil war in Africa, the glitter (and grunge) of life in the Big Apple, backpacking overseas, and, finally, her true callinglaw.
Huskey was one of the first female lawyers to represent detainees of the Guantanamo Bay detention campincluding those in two cases that yielded a landmark Supreme Court decision allowing them to challenge their status in federal courts. Justice at Guantanamo delves into Huskeys visits to the camps secretive, all-male world.
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A tell-all journey of how one woman landed the toughest legal career on the planetdefending suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bayby using personal strength, courage, and never letting anyone tell her no.
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Praise for Justice at Guantánamo
From the first page of Justice at Guantánamo, you will be compelled to go with Kristine Huskey on her fascinating, courageous, and adventuresome journey. . . . As I finished this book, all I could say was Wow!and I await the unfolding of the next chapter of Kristines inspiring and utterly fascinating life.”
Michael Ratner, President of the Center for Constitutional Rights, author of The Trial of Donald Rumsfeld Justice at Guantánamo is about a woman from Alaska who does understand what America really stands forequal justice for all under the law, common decency, and respect for human rights. Kristine Huskey may have captured our attention with her beauty and her personality, but she captured our commitment to the cause of her clients with her intellect and her courage.”
U.S. Congressman Jim Moran, Virginias 8th Congressional District
Kristine Huskey skillfully weaves together the story of how she discovers her calling in life with the saga that takes her and her colleagues into the prison cells of Guantánamo Bay. The reader cannot help but be inspired by Huskeys passion for justice and her desire to preserve Americas most cherished ideals.”
Joanne B. Ciulla, professor and Coston Family Chair in Leadership and Ethics, Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond
About the Author
Kristine Huskey is a clinical professor of law and director of the National Security and Human Rights Clinic at the University of Texas School of Law. She has been a guest speaker on CNN, C-Span, and ABC NEWS, and was a featured “Woman to Watch” in Marie Claire magazine. She lives in Austin, Texas.
Aleigh Acerni is a writer and editor for skirt!, a monthly womens magazine with twenty print markets across the United States. A self-described “travel junkie,” Acerni has traveled all over the world. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Life Then
1. Into Africa
2. Surviving a Civil War
3. A Year of Living Dangerously
4. Bad Girl Gone Good
5. Model Behavior
6. Adventures in Backpacking
Part II: Life Now
7. Finding My Passion
8. Two Toms and a Jobie
9. A Different Kind of Civil War
10. Into Guantanamo
11. Guantanamo 24/7
12. A Mans World
13. Where the Hell Are We Going?
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