By Susan Barnett
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Washington, DC – The headline in the British newspaper The Guardian this morning claims the US government has secretly detained thousands of political prisoners on what are being called floating prisons around the world. Their crime is suspected terrorism and civil rights organizations say the US is holding them illegally. Hudson Valley bureau chief Susan Barnett spoke with an outspoken critic of the Bush Administration whose name is synonymous with political activism.