Prison Camps: Bushco's Big Growth Industry? - Charlie Cray

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Prison Camps: Bushco's Big Growth Industry?
by Charlie Cray
Huffington Post
Sept 7, 2006


"Bush's speech about Guantanamo and the treatment of detainees left out a lot of things, not just the obvious fact that, according to experts on interrogation, torture doesn't work.

For instance, like a carny barker who forgets to mention the ghastly exhibit behind the curtain, Bush forgot to add that his expanded war on terror is bringing new prosperity -- for the contractors that build the detention centers and help interrogate the prisoners.

Alternet's Joshua Holland reports today on the growth of the torture industry, which not only helps the administration build a base of loyalists, but has helped it elude international restrictions on torture.

In theory laws like the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act could be used to prosecute contractors for their involvement in human rights violations, but the administration that hired these companies would hardly want to prosecute them. And even if someone was willing and able to do so under the law, they might not prevail in any case since, according to Legal Times, the MEJA is "narrowly crafted and ... may not cover some of the abuses -- and abusers -- involved in the torture of Iraqi detainees at U.S.-run prisons."

...SNIP"

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