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DOS Cable re: Parliamentry Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Describes Guantanamo as a "Legal Black Hole"
June 27, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4399
State Department cable summarizing the deliberations by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) which led to the passing of a resolution calling for improved treatment of prisoners in Afghanistan and Guantanamo. The meeting was described as "sparse" and the resolution used lighter and less biting language than previous resolutions and debates. In the end the resolution described the U.S. maintenance of Guantanamo as "Out-of-Character" with U.S. values and legal system and a departure from international law.