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In response to
"LIR: Andie. I can debate separately the military vs. civilian courts aspect, but to the other point, I don't think that torture is a norm at gitmo"
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oblique
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With all due respect, you might want to recheck your next to last sentence.
Posted by
Trish (aka Trisha)
Jan 23 '09, 08:14
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There have been too many people privately and publically released for that to be true. One of the most egregious cases were the 3 British nationals released a few months ago--they were not picked up during combat of any sort.
The last prisoner accounting I read estimated that perhaps 10-15% were "bad guys", 10-20% innocent of any wrong doing, and rest were questionable. There is already a team of lawyers looking at each case and evaluating it. I think the end result will be a group apologized to and released, a group convicted of various crimes and sent to prison for life and another group that will be sentenced to anything from house arrest and probation to a couple of years in a federal facility.
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