Re the Herald’s Verdict: Thank You, Anders Gyllenhaal
Surprise—today I’m gonna sing the praises of the only Gyllenhaal in the world actually, you know, qualified to discuss Guantánamo Bay Detention Center, and that is Executive Editor of the Miami Herald Anders Gyllenhaal, great-grandson of the esteemed Swedish-American newspaperman of the same name and, oh yeah, Stephen “ Mister-President-You-Must-Not-Close-Gitmo ” Gyllenhaal’s younger brother. [Reporter Carol Rosenberg] Through the daring and unflagging coverage of reporters like Carol Rosenberg, the Herald has been the go-to newspaper for breaking stories from America’s worst prisoner camp since Andersonville . For four years, despite threats, physical danger and the upper military echelon’s attempts to bar her from Guantánamo, Rosenberg has managed to regularly file stories of mistreatment, corruption, dissention, and worse. So what was the military’s latest tactic to have Rosenberg removed? Get this: Sexual harassment. No, not that Rosenberg was harassed, but that she w...