Carl Hiaasen(Miami Herald): In Gitmo, diet rich in carbs, lean on rights

[Dudley_DUright]

To rebuff accusations that the United States is running a "gulag" at its Guantánamo Bay naval base, the Pentagon last week revealed that its spending $12.68 per day to feed each of the 520 detainees at the controversial Camp Delta prison.

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Nutritionally, that certainly seems true. The $12.68 spent on each detainee's daily meals at Camp Delta is about five times what it costs to feed a prisoner in Florida.

On the other hand, all prisoners in Florida get a few things that the Guantánamo inmates do not. For starters, they get charged with an actual crime.

Then they get a lawyer. Then they get a day in court, and an opportunity to defend themselves.

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[Rick Myers]

1. I love Carl!!!

Best thing about South Fla!!!

[Dudley_DUright]

2. He is to S. FL

what Molly Ivins is to TX.