Tag Archives : terror suspects

Dick Cheney admits being a supporter of the near-drowning torture technique called waterboarding, even if the US generally regards its use as a war crime. Robert Parry, author of a new book entitled Secrecy & Privilege: Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq, writes in AlterNet, “Cheney was unrepentant about his support for the technique. [...]

The debate over whether to close down the US detention facilities in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba involves two basic questions. What happens to terrorist suspects after they leave the detention center at Guantanamo Bay? Can Gitmo’s terrorists be rehabilitated? There have been reports that answer the first question. Many of the former so-called terror [...]

A newly-published scientific research paper gives the conclusion that the harsh interrogation techniques used by the CIA under the Bush administration may have ‘damaged the brains of terrorist suspects, diminishing their ability to recall and provide the detailed information the spy agency sought.’ The harsh techniques utilized on the suspects [...]

US President Barack Obama has been wanting to shut down the US prisons in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba but there is no money for it. A budget of $80 million is needed for the shutdown. US lawmakers denied this needed funding. It seems that politics got in the way of popular sentiment. Obama is being criticized for the supposedly ‘hasty decision to close [...]

One of these fraudulent schools had 3 small classrooms and 3 teachers. The total admissions on ‘record’ was 1,797 students. Another sham college officially had 150 students but secretly admitted 1,178 enrollees with upcoming 1,575 more overseas applicants of which 906 are from Pakistan. The scam took advantage of a loophole in Britain’s immigration [...]

Current Miss Universe, Venezuelan Dayana Mendoza, who recently visited the US naval facility located in eastern Cuba on a trip organized by the United Service Organizations (USO) thinks that Guantanamo prison is a ‘relaxing place that is quiet and beautiful.’ Mendoza was sent to Guantanamo in an entertainment tour to visit US troops and raise morale. Mendoza, [...]