兵 不厌诈。
first casualty of war is truth.
the usa is a signatory to the 1984 un. convention on the banning of torture. yet amnesty and others maintain that torture is a regular feature at Guantanamo bay or camp delta as it is referred to in the literature. the terrible facts of rendition of prisoners to secret centres around the world where the un. convention has never been heard of continue to surface in the media and elsewhere (like abu graib). it is kept secret.
there are both security and human rights issues at stake. and they are of the utmost seriousness. the usa gained power as defender of human rights and champion of liberty. it stands to lose it by betraying its principles.
none of the prisoners in cuba are categorised as pows and so there is no issue of the geneva convention (to which the usa is also signatory.) the choice of Guantanamo puts it outside the legal jurisdiction of the usa. security at the facility is ultra max. the people are at the mercy of their captors.
it is the methods of interrogation that is the issue. those of the cia and mi6. there are questions of accountability.. justice.. truth.
the usa didn’t sign the Geneva protocol banning biological weapons till 1975. throughtout most of the post war period spurred on by mcCarthyism, it developed huge stockpiles of germ weapons and developed the delivery systems. it aimed to keep ahead of the ussr and china who were doing the same thing. the usa programs took place mainly at fort detrick. it was where agent orange was developed.. but what is less well know is that alongside the development of germ warfare, there was a program of mind control. .. the search for a way to destroy a mans free will was carried out at fort detrick and other locations (montreal). there were mafia links with funding . the name of Dr. Sidney Gottliebson stands out. (its the stuff that makes the movie 'manchurian candidate' believable.)
research apparently began the use of lsd and voodoo, electric shocks. the 'work' of the Spanish inquisition, and techniques developed by nazi germany were studied. human guinea pigs were used. it was kept secret. obviously it didn’t stop after 1975. it is called state sponsored medical torture.
amnesty international mentions solitary confinement as the main concern at Guantanamo. isolation techniques. the red cross is the only independent monitoring organization allowed in.. they describe it as ‘extremely harsh.’ (one wonders if they would be allowed in if they were to say more.)
the entire process of Guantanamo is a travesty of the ennunciated principles of the usa.
sed ....Quis custodiet ipsos custodes.
but...who will police the police?
staying silent about this kind of outrage is exactly what they want.
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