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Law Practice

Jan. 1, 2014

Eclectic group of California attorneys represent Guantanamo Bay inmates

The attorneys are driven by what they see as a betrayal of the country's ideals. Many of them have spent thousands of dollars of their own money to represent their clients.


By Emily Green


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A couple of times a year, Lisa Jaskol gets on a plane and flies across the country from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. She spends most of her time in a nondescript building on the outskirts of the capital, on a floor controlled by the U.S. government. In order to enter, civilian attorneys must have a FBI-approved security clearance.


The floor, lined with file cabinets and cardboard boxes, is the one ...

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