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2009-02-25 Home Front: WoT

Lawyer claims Guantanamo abuse worse since Obama

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Posted by Steve White 2009-02-25 16:06|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 "It's 'hey, let's have our fun while we can,'" said Ghappour...

Ah, so you're against fun are you, counselor...

Posted by tu3031 2009-02-25 16:24|| 2009-02-25 16:24|| Front Page Top

#2 ...and I guess he's calling the Attorney General a dirty, stinking liar?

WASHINGTON Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday the Guantanamo detention center is a well-run, professional facility that will be difficult to close but he's still going to do it. Holder visited the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Monday and spoke to reporters about his trip during a news conference Wednesday.

Holder said his visit to the site was instructive. He met with military officials and toured the facilities, including the court setting where military commissions were to be held until Obama suspended them.

He said he did not witness any rough treatment of detainees, and in fact found the military staff and leadership performing admirably.

"I did not witness any mistreatment of prisoners. I think, to the contrary, what I saw was a very conscious attempt by these guards to conduct themselves in an appropriate way," he said.

The attorney general said none of those impressions alters the administration's goal of closing Guantanamo by January 2010.

"It does not in any way decrease our determination to close the facility, even though as I said it is being well-run now," he said.

Posted by tu3031 2009-02-25 16:29|| 2009-02-25 16:29|| Front Page Top

#3 If I really wanted to mess with the Gitmo prisoners, there diet would be just loaded with junk food--all they could eat. Coca-Cola, Twinkies, Big Macs, Krispy Kremes, ice cream, etc. By the time they were let go, they would each look like Manuel Uribe.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-02-25 16:38|| 2009-02-25 16:38|| Front Page Top

#4 By the time they were let go, they would each look like Manuel Uribe.

And be emotionally labile. Remember the Twinkie murder defence?

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