The folks housed in the US prison system were captured by professional police who knew and used the rules of evidence to build a successful case (knowing full well the tricks used and usable by politically motivated defense lawyers.
The folks at Gitmo were captured by soldiers on a battlefield, evidence gathered was ....
Oh, why bother.
Gonna be kind of interesting when the muslim world figures out that Zero lied to them about closing GITMO and getting out of Iraq.
Well, when I read that the islamic fascist may get lap tops with VISTA I thought that’s it they are being tortured and gitmo should be closed.
Just once, I wish one of these “torture” idiots would project himself in his imagination to the top of the Trade Center on 9/11, with two choices - jump or be flame-broiled. And then they hear a voice: “If only you’d let us put some water up a bad guy’s nose, this wouldn’t be happening to you.” Would they really say “No, I’d rather die this horrible death than do that”?
Just a thought.
If the policy is bad, then change the policy.
If we're going to run on emotion then we're headed for real trouble.