Every time I see that name I shudder; it is a scar on our collective beliefs.
The US does not torture
The US does not imprison without fair trail.
Yes we do.
We now have the leaked documents to prove it beyond a doubt
US authorities relied heavily on information obtained from a small number of detainees under torture. They continued to maintain this testimony was reliable even after admitting that the prisoners who provided it had been mistreated.
The files also reveal that an al-Jazeera journalist was held at Guantánamo for six years, partly in order to be interrogated about the Arabic news network.
There is a reason why we have due process it tends to prevent this mindset that everyone is evil taking root.
To think we hold the person who probably leaked these documents Bradley Manning and to think we then applied similar techniques during his imprisonment.
This all makes my skin crawl, it is time Guantanamo was shut down and our whole system reappraised to stop this from taking place again either in military, state or federal prisons.
All the original leaked documents can be found here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/...
I have kept the diary short and to the point, I find the whole affair disgusting.