The McClatchy newspaper organization is currently running a 5-part series called "Guantanamo: Beyond the Law". The series is based on an eight-month investigation in which McClatchy reporters traveled to 11 different countries and interviewed 66 people who were formerly held as prisoners in Guantanamo and Afghanistan.
The interviews confirmed much of what we in the human rights community have suspected all along. But their revelations are stunning, shocking, disgusting, and horrifying nonetheless.
The headlines alone tell us so much:
Sunday: "We got the wrong guys"
Monday: "I guess you can call it torture"
Tuesday: "A school for Jihad"
Wednesday: "Due process is legal mumbo-jumbo"
Thursday: "You are the king of this prison"
These accounts should be read by each and every American.
>> Learn more and read the stories now.
Sadly, by doing its job as a watchdog and informer, McClatchy is in the minority in today's mainstream corporate-controlled media. And that is one big reason why the torture, abuse, and injustices continue in Guantanamo, Afghanistan, and elsewhere -- paid for by your tax dollars and mine.
Huge kudos to McClatchy. More mainstream "journalists" should show such strength and integrity.
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