Vijay Padmanabhan is a law Professor at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, who was formerly a senior lawyer for the United States Department of State.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Padmanabhan's duties at the State Department included negotiating for other countries to seek homes for former Guantanamo captives.[4] After leaving government service Padmanabhan called the Guantanamo military commissions "an abject failure".[8]
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"Former State Dept. lawyer decries torture". Associated Press. 2009-03-27. Archived from the original on 2009-03-30. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
He told the AP Friday that 'Guantanamo was one of the worst overreactions of the Bush administration.'
- ^ "Lawyer: Tunisian man mistreated on returning home from Guantanamo". International Herald Tribune. 2007-07-12. Archived from the original on 2007-10-02. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
- ^ William Glaberson (2008-10-07). "U.S. judge orders release of Chinese Muslims". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
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Dan Ephron (2008-11-26). "Life After Gitmo". Newsweek magazine. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
One of the lesser-known aspects of Guantánamo is the complicated negotiation the State Department conducts with countries around the world before releasing their nationals and sending them home. To understand more about the Hamdan repatriation and other cases, NEWSWEEK's Dan Ephron spoke with Vijay Padmanabhan, who served until August of this year as an attorney adviser in the State Department with responsibility for detainee issues. He now teaches at the Cardozo School of Law in New York.
- ^ William Glaberson (2008-10-04). "Despite ruling, detainee cases facing delays". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
- ^ "Critics: U.S. Gov't Delays on Gitmo Suits". Red Orbit. 2008-10-05. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
- ^ Carol Rosenberg (2008-12-15). "Guantanamo's Chinese Uighurs remain in limbo; saga illustrates detention policy's challenges". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
- ^ Jonathon Beale (2008-12-08). "Guantanamo dilemma looms for Obama". BBC News. Retrieved 2009-03-27.