It’s Time to Open Up - End the Guantanamo Bay Secrecy

[dArKeR]

The secrecy surrounding the detainees at Guantanamo Bay—and the current plans for military tribunals—is fueling a global sense of suspicion, hostility and mistrust about the United States.

Guantanamo Bay is a black hole. We can’t see into it, and the prisoners can’t see out of it. Such secrecy might once have been justified to protect intelligence on Al Qaeda. But 18 months after the end of the war in Afghanistan, the secretive nature of Camp Delta in Cuba is undermining America’s international image— and serving as useful ammunition for America’s enemies.

LET’S BE CLEAR from the outset. Terrorists should be punished severely for their crimes. And intelligence should not be compromised by bringing those terrorists to justice. If any of the Guantanamo Bay detainees are terrorists or have supported terrorists, they should be charged, tried, and if guilty, face the strictest punishment.
       
However...

http://www.msnbc.com/news/948706.asp?0cl=c1

http://darker0darker.tripod.com/

[arcane1]

1. we taxpayers dished out $40,000 PER CELL for this human zoo

and the real kicker- it was built by HALLIBURTON!


and why is it that British detainees get more rights than the others?

:shrug: