Guantánamo: When America breaks the law (Anthony Lewis)

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Guantánamo: When America breaks the law
Anthony Lewis The New York Times

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2005


BOSTON When Vice President Dick Cheney said last week that detainees at the American prison camp in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, were treated better than they would be "by virtually any other government on the face of the earth," he was carrying on what has become a campaign to whitewash the record of abuses at Guantánamo.

Right-wing commentators have been sounding the theme. Charles Krauthammer, a columnist, said the treatment of the Guantánamo prisoners had been "remarkably humane and tolerant."

Yes, and there is no elephant in the room.

FBI agents observed what went on in Guantánamo. One reported on July 29, 2004: "On a couple of occasions, I entered interview rooms to find a detainee chained hand and foot in a fetal position to the floor, with no chair, food or water. Most times they had urinated or defecated on themselves and had been left there for 18, 24 hours or more."

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1. Those who endorse our torture methods endorse use of same on Americans

who happen to get captured.

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