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'The Mauritanian' rekindles debate over Gitmo detainees' torture – with 40 still held there

  • Written by Lisa Hajjar, Professor of Sociology, University of California Santa Barbara
'The Mauritanian' rekindles debate over Gitmo detainees' torture – with 40 still held thereThe Office of Military Commissions building in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was where much legal activity about the detainees' cases was handled.AP Photo/Alex Brandon

“The Mauritanian,” directed by Kevin Macdonald, is the first feature film to dramatize how the war on terror became a war in court.

As a sociologist of law and a journalist, I...

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