Secret US prisons in Afghanistan revealed

[naaman fletcher]

US officials have acknowledged the existence of secret military-run prisons across Afghanistan where suspected terrorists are held and interrogated without charges, for weeks or months on end.

The US military previously denied operating secret prison systems in Afghanistan, although a number of human rights groups insisted they were.

Recently however US government and military officials confirmed to AP the existence of the secret prisons, but contended they existed as temporary holding centers used to gather intelligence. They said detainees were held at such sites for 14 days, unless it is deemed necessary they stay longer. According to AP some detainees have been held for nine weeks.

The program remains classified, and details from the government have been released anonymously.

http://rt.com/usa/news/secret-usa-prisons-afghanistan/


sorry if this has already been posted here as it is a few days old but I could not find it.

[Demeter]

1. Yeah, they love us for our freedoms, all right

[dipsydoodle]

2. The fact it may have been posted before

is really neither here nor there. Its an important issue.

Holding pens indeed.

[Tesha]

3. "No on could have anticipated this!"

(That ought to be our new national motto.
And our new national symbol, replacing the
bald eagle, should be an ostrich with its head
firmly stuffed in the sand.)

Tesha

[Gravel Democrat]

7. agree

[90-percent]

4. Don't tell China!

They're trying to make us look hypocritical on human rights!

-90% Jimmy

[Marblehead]

5. USA is a torture nation.

[spanone]

6. presidents are no longer commanders in chief

the military runs the policy and the wars

[gratuitous]

8. But they're only held 14 days

Unless it is deemed necessary they stay longer. Then, apparently, the sky is the limit.

Looking for budget items to cut? This looks like a good place. I'm so old, I remember when the United States used to denounce other countries for their totalitarian ways in locking people up indefinitely without charge or access to counsel or a cognizable justice system. I guess the one redeeming feature is that this isn't illegal, because otherwise (I am constantly assured by all kinds of folks) the military folks running these concentration camps would disobey the order to "detain" these luckless persons.

[90-percent]

9. I'm so old

I am so old I remember the good old days when I had a complete set of Constitutional Rights.

http://www.nyclu.org/pdfs/eroding_liberty.pdf

At least they are only taking the ones I wasn't using anyway!

-90% Jimmy

According to Thom Hartmann, even Posse Comatatus is inoperative these days. Nothing says TOTALITARIAN POLICE STATE like using your military against your own citizens!

:sarcasm: