"How can the military, even the military, hope to maintain discipline over a prison camp where there is absolutely no hope for those men confined here, " said Lieutenant Commander Kevin Bogucki, a US Navy military lawyer who was visiting his clients at the base.

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Many of my clients dread visiting relatives during the winter holidays where the weather feels cold both inside and out.

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