Innocents Abroad: America cracks down on Guantanamo detainees, despite overwhelming evidence most are not terrorists

It seems clear from Padilla's over-the-top abusive treatment, and the increasingly harsh treatment that is being applied to captives at Guantanamo, that the Pentagon and the Bush administration are not genuinely trying to protect America from anything, but have simply devolved into a bunch of deliberate, pathological sadists, who are desperately trying to break and destroy several hundred people who never should have been captured in the first place. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by David Patterson - Dec 16, 2006 - 5:14 PM PST
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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

Lindorff synthesizes the AP and NYTimes stories coherently, painting a good picture. However, he falls off course towards the end when he accuses the Bush Administration of being "pathological sadists" without providing any response on their part.

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Mike LaBonte
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by Mike LaBonte - Oct. 1, 2008

This completely one-sided article implies that the release of prisoners in other countries is proof of their innocence, and that the prisoners remaining at Guantanamo are like the ones who have been returned to their countries. The military viewpoint is minimized. All of the facts given check out, according to the two source articles.

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David Patterson
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by David Patterson - Oct. 1, 2008

This Op Ed Piece ties together two of NewsTrust's top rated stories for today. Well written and convincing in style. Specultive at points but that is what OpEd is allowed to do.

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andrew lenz
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by andrew lenz - Oct. 1, 2008

This is opinion with a vengeance. The parting question: Why are the innocents detained and treated so badly with the best techniques of psychological torture developed by the CIA over the past 20 years, is answered poorly. It could more likely be to test the effects of this treatment or establish precedence. Not to be read by individuals with high blood pressure because of the high level of national shame implied. So many more questions come to mind from writing this poignant.

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andrew weede
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by andrew weede - Oct. 1, 2008

So, not only will we continue to indefinitely detain people we know to be innocent or without intelligence value without either charging them or allowing them to challenge that detention, but now we promise to get tougher? Who's doing CYA and who is simply insane?

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