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Saturday, March 04, 2006

It's about time

Pentagon Releases Names of Gitmo Inmates

I think the secrecy surrounding the detainees is far worse than any supposed hint of retribution against them or their families. So long as they remain unknown, they will be faceless statistics rather than individual people who deserve basic human rights, especially as few have been actually charged yet some have been held as long as four years under a status specifically designated to avoid the principles of the Geneva convention.

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