It has been proven that torture does not work. People will say anything, valid or not if they are afraid.
It is true that murders were committed and bones broken in Abu Ghraib. That is why the military has charged, tried and convicted several troops involved.
You still don't get it, that these are the TERRORISTS who murdered thousands of innocent Americans and are doing everything they can to murder more of us.
I understand that. Many of the people in our custody are surely scumbags. Some of them aren't though. Quite a few have been released with a "Sorry about that, you aren't really dangerous after all"
Two people are still in Gitmo months after it was determined that they are not a threat and never were a threat.
“Passing a law that telegraphs to the entire world what (terror suspects) can expect, if caught, I think would be a great mistake,” he said.
I disagree. They should expect to be treated according to the Geneva Conventions and the Army field manual.
The mistake is in releasing them.
Released Detainees Rejoining The Fight
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52670-2004Oct21.html
At least 10 detainees released from the Guantanamo Bay prison after U.S. officials concluded they posed little threat have been recaptured or killed fighting U.S. or coalition forces in Pakistan and Afghanistan, according to Pentagon officials.
One of the repatriated prisoners is still at large after taking leadership of a militant faction in Pakistan and aligning himself with al Qaeda, Pakistani officials said. In telephone calls to Pakistani reporters, he has bragged that he tricked his U.S. interrogators into believing he was someone else.