CERL Executive Board member Brig. Gen. (Ret.) John Baker testified at a December 2021 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on closing Guantánamo Bay, urging the U.S. government to resolve the remaining cases as expeditiously as possible. A POLITICO article quotes his statement.

BGen Baker is the Federal Public Defender for the Western District of North Carolina. He is also a member of the CERL Executive Board.