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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[baked_goldfish]

The Washington Post is also saying that the dossiers on the prisoners came from WikiLeaks. And they did a rather long article that gave an overview of the politics behind Obama's failure to close the prison a couple days ago. Plus, a timeline.

[stormqueen280]

Not surprised.

[noir_aya]

^ seconding this sentiment.

[amethyst_amore]

Why aren't people demanding for transparency on this atrocity? Oh right... Because they literally don't care. Teen Mom 2 is far more interesting then torture.

[bludstone]

yup

[jugglingeggs]

"Once again we find how much we now rely on whistleblowers in general - and WikiLeaks and (if he did what’s accused) Bradley Manning in particular - to learn the truth and see the evidence about what the world’s most powerful factions are actually doing...And if Bradley Manning is the leaker, he has done more than any other human being in our lifetime to bring about transparency and shine a light on what military and government power is doing." - my bb GG.

~ Because I'm getting really sick of people who insist that whistleblowers are the ones wrong. All this information about how innocent people are being tortured to the point where they rather commit suicide would not be made public if it weren't for whistleblowers. No Government has the right to do this and then pretend they have the right to keep it secret, even if they are people we once voted for.