The nominee for the US general attorney has said that waterboarding is torture.
I am encouraged by this and Barack Obama's pledge to close Guantanamo. I'm not sure if the AG has the same role in the US as over here ( I'm thinking of Lord Goldsmith and his opinion which helped legitimise the Iraq war) but every little helps!
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Good GRIEF - they've finally noticed, though whether Obama will hold to his promise to close Guantanamo remains to be seen - he has already said that such closure will not happen in his first HUNDRED days of office.
Having said that, there is yet hope - and if there IS hope, Does this mean that the rationale underpinning the Thesis Monster is about to be completely undone?!?! ( *covers ears of Thesis Monster*)
It's a toughie isn't it - on the one hand you want the end of human rights abuses.
On the other, when it affects an argument you've been trying to make... (!)
I missed the 100 days thing. I wonder why?
Hi Mel,
I think its not likely to happen in the first hundred days because of a need for in depth security consultation, as well as to determine what should happen to the detainees from a legal point of view.
I do hope he'll close the wretched place as promised, particularly since a judge involved in the "trials" ( and I use that term loosely) of Gitmo detainees admitted that some of the evidence set out against them was actually obtained by Torture. Wow. Like We're Tooootally surprised about THAT one -NOT.
Anyway, heres a link, if you're interested:
http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/Economy/story?id=6619291
Agreed - and thanks for the link.
And a link for you:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/16/barack-obama-amnesty-international-ad
Cheers Mel - Useful!
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