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Professor Barbara Olshansky, who is representing Gunatanamo detainees, is quoted in a Law.com piece about the "rights of suspected terrorists being held by the United States in other parts of the world, such as Afghanistan and Iraq:"
Barbara Olshansky, a professor at Stanford Law School and legal director of the International Justice Network, which is challenging the detention of several detainees at Bagram, says future challenges will depend on "whether the kinds of agreements or leases we have in a place like Bagram meet the standard that's set in Rasul for exclusive jurisdiction and control. I would hope that what would happen is, given this decision, the Department of Defense would decide to do the right thing with people that they're holding from all over the world. But this is an administration that's argued everything under the sun, and then, things from other solar systems. I think Bagram has a strong lease agreement. But I would have to look back at Stevens' opinion in Rasul, and at the particulars of the nature of U.S. control required."