US holds men for years without evidence at Gitmo while releasing others who pose grave threat

[Bluebear]

"As President, I will close Guantanamo, reject the Military Commissions Act and adhere to the Geneva Conventions. Our Constitution and our Uniform Code of Military Justice provide a framework for dealing with the terrorists." - Candidate Barack Obama, 2007


WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States has botched the handling of inmates at Guantanamo, holding men for years without reliable evidence while releasing others who posed a grave threat, according to leaked secret documents.

The trove of classified files released by the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks showed US officials struggling with often flawed evidence and confused about the guilt or innocence of detainees held at the prison at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Hundreds of inmates who turned out to have no serious terror links were held without trial, based on vague or inaccurate information, including accounts from unreliable fellow detainees or statements from men who had been abused or tortured, the New York Times quoted the documents as saying.

One impoverished Afghan farmer with no ties to militants was held for two years without trial in a case of mistaken identity, the documents showed.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110425/ts_alt_afp/usattacksguantanamowikileaks

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. Maybe they chipped the ones who posed a threat so they could track them

to the motherload.

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

I'm just so proud...

Snort

[Bluebear]

3. And all this interest on DU!

If this were under Bush, everyone would be outraged.

[Solly Mack]

5. I was just thinking that exact same thing yesterday as I was reading

the relatively few threads on the subject. There was a time when such news would generate thread after thread of people voicing outrage.

[crickets]

6. Exactly. -nt

[JTFrog]

9. Bush signed an executive order to close GITMO?

:eyes:

[slipslidingaway]

4. knr nt

[IScreamSundays]

7. if that isn't the most scandalous lie ever told ever ever ever!!!!!!!

"As President, I will close Guantanamo, reject the Military Commissions Act and adhere to the Geneva Conventions. Our Constitution and our Uniform Code of Military Justice provide a framework for dealing with the terrorists." - Candidate Barack Obama, 2007


i just wanna throw up

[JTFrog]

8. Yes, let's pretend he didn't sign an executive order to close it and got zero backing from Congress.

Have you called your Congressman or Senator today? Yesterday? The day before? Tomorrow?

Blaming Obama for everything is much easier than doing something productive.