How Guantanamo lit the fuse for authoritarian rule in Trump’s America
- Posted on February 8, 2026
- By The Independent
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How Guantanamo lit the fuse for authoritarian rule in Trump’s America
Hundreds of men were rounded up and wrongly imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay as part of the war on terror – where torture and abuse were commonplace. In a new book, human rights lawyer Eric Lewis examines how the utter disregard for the rule of law set America on a dark and disturbing new path
