General Kelly's role at Guantanamo

[kentuck]

an older article from: Center for Constitutional Rights
https://ccrjustice.org/home/press-center/press-releases/gitmo-attorneys-kelly-s-aggressive-role-guant-namo-makes-him-unfit

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General Kelly’s aggressive oversight of the illegal military prison at Guantánamo Bay disqualifies him to head the Department of Homeland Security. Presiding over a population of detainees not charged or convicted of crimes, over whom he had maximum custodial control, Kelly treated them with brutality. His response to the detainees’ peaceful hunger strike in 2013 was punitive force-feeding, solitary confinement, and rubber bullets. Furthermore, he sabotaged efforts by the Obama administration to resettle detainees, consistently undermining the will of his commander in chief. His temperament and actions make him unfit to lead an agency that currently holds tens of thousands of immigrants, including many fleeing violence and many in long-term indefinite detention.

Kelly’s recent vow to end “political correctness” in U.S. national security policy is a thinly veiled endorsement of policies and practices that are illegal and immoral, including torture and racial and religious profiling. His statement is a clear warning sign, and the Senate must reject his nomination to preserve and protect the rule of law.


...more at link

[guillaumeb]

1. Recommended.

An excellent fit with the Orange Dictator.

[malaise]

2. Get thee to the greatest page

Rec

[Wellstone ruled]

3. How soon we forget.

This Guy was a is not fit for Command or any position dealing with humans.

But,Donnie do likes his Generals.

[Lucinda]

4. Wow. There has been so much nasty junk coming at us this past year that I never

took the time to research Kelly. What an awful man. He fits right in, doesn't he?

[justhanginon]

5. What is really frightening is the fact that this man with

his past record plus what we have seen of him as a high level part of this administration ever made it to the rank of General. I certainly hope he is not a sample of the character of our command staff in these very troubling and dangerous times. Surely the armed services have better to offer the American people than this.

[spanone]

6. K&R...

[RandomAccess]

7. He's a terrible human being -- lived up to his reputation

while at DHS. That's why DJT praised him so much about what a good job he did there.

[Hekate]

8. Deepest hole in Hell...

[magicarpet]

9. Sub-human animals . Fascist Pigs

No wonder they mix and mingle so well.
The same swill from the same cesspool.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

10. K&R nt

[BigmanPigman]

11. Please tell me why wearing a uniform with badges and stars and ribbons

on it automatically puts you on a pedestal in this country? Sure he isn't Mr. Bone Spurs but he is no saint either. My dad told me that a uniform does NOT garner respect from him and nor should it. Respect and admiration are earned and need to be earned every single day of one's life. Being in a position of authority makes this even more true. This man's actions and words speak louder and more clearly than all the shiny, colorful objects that he once wore. He is a racist and a misogynist in my personal view anyway. I have zero respect for him. YOU'RE FIRED...I pay his salary with my taxes so I am allowed to say that.

[zentrum]

12. K&R

[mountain grammy]

13. K & R