Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Meanwhile, at Gitmo, the Black Hole of Injustice Obama Vowed to Close...

A detainee at Guantánamo was found dead in his cell on Saturday, according to camp officials. He is the ninth person to die at the camp since it was opened more than ten years ago. As former Gitmo guard Brandon Neely pointed out Monday, more detainees have died at the camp (nine) than have been convicted of wrongdoing by its military commissions (six). This is the fourth detainee who has died at the camp since Obama's inauguration.

Although the detainee's identity has not been disclosed, a camp spokesman acknowledged that he "had not been charged and had not been designated for prosecution".

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Indeed, dying in due process-free captivity now appears to be the only way for many of these detainees to leave.
  Glen Greenwald

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