Fresh Air, Clive Stafford Smith and Captain Pat McCarthy, November 1, 2007

Hear attorneys Clive Stafford Smith and Captain Pat McCarthy on this edition of Fresh Air.

Clive Stafford Smith represents dozens of prisoners held in the United States detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. His new book is Eight O' Clock Ferry to the Windward Side: Seeking Justice in Guantanamo Bay. It's a first-hand, independent account of the activities inside the prison camp known as Gitmo. Smith is the legal director of the UK charity Reprieve, and in addition to his work at Guantanamo, he has spent nearly two decades representing death-row inmates in the southern United States.

Then, Captain Pat McCarthy, the chief counsel for the U.S. government in Guantanamo Bay. He offers an alternate view of the prison. [Broadcast Date: November 1, 2007]