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Thursday, November 20, 2008 12:00 AM

Five detainees ordered released "forthwith" after seven years at Guantanamo

If the U.S. Congress had its way, these men would continue to be imprisoned despite there being no evidence of their guilt.

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  • Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:51 PM

    Ethics

    Ethics. If you have a question to ask, you may ask it of me. I've defended you here more than once.

    As for me enjoying the misery of someone who so callously oversaw the imprisonment of so many people, torture, and as Glenn put it today

    "Another of them "suffered months of facial paralysis from a brutal beating inflicted by Guantanamo camp soldiers." And then there's this, about one of the other detainees, Saber Lahmer:

    When we last saw Saber in November, he was in his sixth month of solitary confinement. Since August, he has seen us, his legal team, twice and a psychiatrist on three brief occasions. For a few minutes each day, he sees the camp guards who bring his meals. He has had no other human contact. The glaring lights in his cell are on 24 hours a day, seven days a week. When we left the cell, we could hear Saber shouting -- brief, truncated cries. We could not understand what he was saying."

    Yes, I am quite glad he suffered something, since its quite obvious that none of these bastards will face any earthly justice.

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