Guantánamo leaks lift lid on world's most controversial prison

[redstar826]

• Innocent people interrogated for years on slimmest pretexts
• Children, elderly and mentally ill among those wrongfully held
• 172 prisoners remain, some with no prospect of trial or releaseMore than 700 leaked secret files on the Guantánamo detainees lay bare the inner workings of America's controversial prison camp in Cuba

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[doe_witch]

The fact that Obama has reneged even on his promise about closing Guantánamo is probably one of the most infuriating things about his entire presidency so far. -_-

+1

[postitnotes]

I'm just utterly disappointed that he kept the place open with this sort of shit going on.

[3bird]

He failed to get it done and made a fool of himself, but he didn't renege exactly. The extremely lengthy WashPost article about it shows how complicated the situation ended up being, partly because evidence obtained under ahem 'enhanced interrogation techniques' might be a bit dodgy in a legal sense.

ETA sorry html fail

[wemblee]

Thanks for the link, gonna read this later. Sounds really fascinating.

[sarien]

I thought it did come from WikiLeaks. I heard about this on Democracy Now! this morning. This confirms what a lot of people suspected. Here's hoping this story doesn't get buried under all the Royal Wedding b.s. :/

[redstar826]

weird, I could have sworn that one of the links I was readings said that it wasn't from wikileaks. Oh well.

[sarien]

On second thought, you weren't wrong either:
"The leak was originally provided to WikiLeaks, which then gave them to the Post, NPR and others; the NYT and The Guardian claim to have received them from “another source” (WikiLeaks suggested the “other source” was Daniel Domscheit-Berg, a former WikiLeaks associate who WikiLeaks claims took, without authorization, many WikiLeaks files when he left)." - Glenn Greenwald in Salon.com.

[xforge]

NPR has been saying all morning long that this information came through Wikileaks.

[redstar826]

weird, because I was going based on this The files were shared with the Guardian and US National Public Radio by the New York Times, which says it did not obtain them from WikiLeaks.

[aviv_b]

One of the most interesting releases (heard on NPR this AM) is a man who fought with the Taliban against both the Soviets and the Northern Alliance and is now apparently one of the leaders of the revolt in Libya. And see below for info on his links to the Taliban.

From NPR site:http://www.npr.org/2011/04/25/135690396/detainees-transferred-or-freed-despite-high-risk

'former detainee, Abu Sufian Ibrahim Ahmed Hamuda Bin Qumu, who is believed to be training rebel forces in Libya, has closer ties to al-Qaida than previously understood publicly.'

This is not going to help get Guantánamo shut down.

[intrikate88]

Yeah I was hearing that on NPR this morning too, and was thinking the same thing.

[browneyedguuurl]

This is disgusting!