From Guantanamo Bay to Thomson, Illinois 2-22-10

The Iowa Lawyers Chapter presented this panel discussion on February 22, 2010, titled From Guantanamo Bay to Thomson, Illinois: A Debate on the Detention and Prosecution of Alleged Terrorists in 2010 and Beyond. Approximately one year after President Barack Obama announced his intention to close the detainee holding facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in the wake of reports that the federal government intends to move terrorist detainees to a facility just outside Iowa's borders in Thomson, Illinois, and recent decisions to try the "Christmas Day Bomber," Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalab, in civilian court, the debate continues about the appropriate way to handle the detention and prosecution of terrorists. Mr. Edney and Ms. Campbell will discuss what has happened and will offer their thoughts on the appropriate course of conduct in the future. Speakers include Ms. Angela Campbell, co-founder of Dickey & Campbell P.L.C. and former counsel to four detainees held at Guantanamo Bay; Mr. Michael J. Edney, of counsel at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and former Legal Advisor to President George W. Bush's National Security Council; and Judge Larry J. Eisenhauer of the Iowa Court of Appeals as the moderator. Introduction by Mr. Ryan G. Koopmans of Nyemaster Good West Hall & O'Brien PC and Vice President of the Iowa Chapter of the Federalist Society.

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