If you remember my words on this issue: I largely criticized the lack of transparency in these trials, it is absolutely wrong that your President basically decided about the fates of the inmates. Are you out of the armed forces? Hope you enjoy your new freedom, and that you´ve found an occupation that needs your skills and preferences.
I am released from Active Duty and have NOT resigned my commission. Technically I still retain my rank and am still in the Army despite being a civilian in all practicality.
What transparency?
You have the Red Cross (with access), Amnesty International, even the ACLU as permanent fixtures next to the camp. The Red Cross apparently has a trailer next to the camp. The press has been granted access at times. You have congressmen coming as they please, the government announced the process, defined it……..
North Korea has a nation, society and every other aspect has no transparency. China and its defense spending have no transparency. Iran and their nuclear ambitions have little transparency. We have no transparency into ChechnyaWhat those inmates are incarcerated for, where this place is, how they are treated, why this place exists, that is all fairly transparent. The debate is not over transparency.
GITMO is an icon. It has like many other issues become more than it actually is. These issues become political and ideological battlegrounds for pundits, politicians, and the media. Like the Koran being flushed, the whole GITMO prison has become shrouded by urban myth and legend.