The undersigned civil liberties and human rights organizations write regarding the Periodic Review Boards (PRBs) for detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba that the Department of Defense has announced will commence shortly. …should the administration proceed with PRBs, we encourage you to take appropriate steps to ensure the PRBs, as established by Presidential Executive Order 13567, have the required processes in place for meaningful review of a detainee’s detention status at Guantanamo.

The undersigned human rights, religious, and civil liberties organizations strongly urge your administration to promptly and fully carry out two key commitments you made as steps toward closing the Guantanamo Bay prison and ending indefinite detention. These actions would help to fulfill your renewed promise to end indefinite detention and close the Guantanamo prison.

Indefinite Detention Without Charge or Trial: Establishing a system of indefinite detention without charge or trial would break with more than 200 years of American constitutional tradition. Nevertheless, there are disturbing reports that President Obama and key members of his administration are considering the continuation or even expansion of the indefinite detention policies that began during the Bush administration.

President Lisa Wayne's letter to a member of the U.S. House regarding proposals in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2012 that would affect people charged and detained for terrorism crimes.

Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Idaho Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.