| EIGHT O'CLOCK FERRY TO THE WINDWARD SIDE Seeking Justice in Guantánamo Bay Clive Stafford Smith New York: Nation Books, 2007 |
Rating: 5.0 High |
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| ISBN-13 978-1-56858-374-7 | ||||
| ISBN-10 1-56858-374-5 | 307. | HC/GSI | $25.95 | |
| Page ix: | On the map: "Quantánamo" River |
| Is "Quantánamo" (with a "Q") truly the name of the river? It's highly unlikely. |
| Page 37: | "There is not a single human rights law that is enforceable against the United States in any international court..." |
| This is hard to accept. I guess it turns on the fact that the U.S. does not recognize the ICC. |
| Page 83: | "He paused frquently." |
| Spelling: S/B "frequently". |
| Page 84: | "...transgression of international conventions,' said Jackson. He spoke pedantically, pronouncing his words with great care. We charge guilt on planned and intended conduct that involves moral as well as legal wrong. And we do not mean..." |
| Missing single-quote mark: S/B " 'We charge guilt". |
| Page 103: | "The hearing was set to start at 9 a.m. — 09.00 hours — and Binyam made his entrance a minute or two before the allotted time." |
| Format: military time S/B "0900 hours". No decimal point or colon. |
| Page 154: | "...they did not recognize that, no matter how annoyingly bureaucratic they might be, Sami could out-obstinate them all." |
| This implies that "obstinate" is a verb. It's actually an adjective, so Smith's usage is wrong. However, slang often follows this pattern, and English tends to make verbs of nouns. I don't want to out-smart myself. |
| Page 158: | "He was one of just thirty-eight men to have been found innocent at a CSRT(or, at least, no longer guilty)." |
| Missing space: S/B "CSRT (or,". |
| Page 190: | "One of the leaders of the hungerstrike was Shaker Aamer..." |
| Missing space: S/B "hunger strike". |
| Page 217: | "True to form, the Pentagon would not name any of suicides..." |
| Missing word: S/B "any of the suicides". |
| Page 250: | "Even when President Bush was reciting them, the CIA doubted the reliability of al-Libi's information." |
| Number: S/B "it". |
| Page 264: | "Albania was willing to stand up to China, which demanded the return of these 'terrorists'." |
| Above on this same page, Smith has China refusing to take them. |
| Page 293: | "...intense hostility from the Cuban expatriate community in Florida vetoed tentative moves towards a resumption of omatic relations." |
| Spelling: S/B "diplomatic". |
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