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Justice at Guantanamo: One Woman's Odyssey and Her Crusade for Human Rights

Justice at Guantanamo: One Woman's Odyssey and Her Crusade for Human Rights
By Kristine Huskey with Aleigh Acerni

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A tell-all journey of how one woman landed the toughest legal career on the planet—defending suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay—by using personal strength, courage, and never letting anyone tell her no.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #352094 in Books
  • Published on: 2009-06-02
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 304 pages

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“Justice at Guantanamo is about a woman from Alaska who does understand what America really stands for—equal 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, Virginia’s 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 Huskey’s passion for justice and her desire to preserve America’s most cherished ideals.”

—Joanne B. Ciulla, professor and Coston Family Chair in Leadership and Ethics, Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond

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As a professional model and dancer in 1990, Kristine Huskey would never have guessed that by 2006 she’d be one of America’s top human rights experts—and an attorney defending the world’s 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 calling—law.
                            
Huskey was one of the first female lawyers to represent detainees of the Guantánamo Bay detention center—including 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 camp’s 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) terrorists—notwithstanding its plans to close the infamous detention center—Huskey must also ask: Can we forge a new policy that protects both our national security and our founding fathers’ ideals?
 
While Guantánamo’s 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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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 Kristine’s 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 for—equal 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, Virginia’s 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 Huskey’s passion for justice and her desire to preserve America’s most cherished ideals.”
—Joanne B. Ciulla, professor and Coston Family Chair in Leadership and Ethics,  Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond

Customer Reviews

I was wrong.5
An inspiring story about Kristine Huskey, party animal turned human rights lawyer. A wonderful lesson in humility. Kristine Huskey was brave (and crazy) enough to challenge a grave injustice committed during the Bush administration. While these prisoners rot away at Guantanamo Bay today. President Bush can only express "regret". What are the lessons we learned after the "exclusion act" against the Chinese Americans, the internment camps against the Japanese Americans? 9-11 pissed us off. But I must admit I was also blinded by my anger. I was wrong to believe in "us or them" propaganda. We must commit to equal justice for all humanity like Kristine has. Very good book.

Fasinating story!!!5
A very well written biography of an amazing woman fighting the battle for justice. Hopefully it will instigate discussions and awareness of basic human constitutional rights, and give the reader insight into the challenges America faces in this difficult time. A very timely and thought provoking life story.

Fascinating Memoir by an Extraordinary Woman5
Kristine Husky has had a marvelous, eye-opening journey, full of rich experiences, travel around the world, and a pivotal role in fighting for human rights at Guantanamo from the very beginning. She's the kind of woman who truly serves as a role model for today's young women, and she has a great story to tell! She's not your typical buttoned up lawyer--she's truly embraced a life full of adventure, including living in Africa (during a civil war, no less), waitressing and putting herself through school at Columbia in New York City, modeling, and even appearing in an MTV video. She has worked hard for everything she has achieved and you can't help admiring her spunk and determination. By the end of the book, you feel as if you've made a new friend--and a part of you wishes you could take her out for a cocktail. In today's challenging times, we need more people like Kristine Husky in the world.