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  • Judge will allow force-feeding of Gitmo prisoner

    05/23/2014 8:41:20 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 23 replies
    Associated Press ^ | May 23, 2014 9:01 AM EDT
    A federal judge has lifted a temporary restraining order that had stopped the U.S. military from force feeding a hunger-striking prisoner at Guantanamo Bay naval base, saying the man’s life hangs in the balance. Late Thursday night, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler said the military must be allowed to carry out force feeding in the case of Abu Wa’el Dhiab because of the “very real probability that Mr. Dhiab will die.” …
  • Lawmaker Tours Become Part of Guantanamo Life

    08/05/2005 11:54:14 PM PDT · by SmithL · 4 replies · 142+ views
    Washington Post ^ | 8/6/5 | Mike Allen
    GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba -- As part of a major Pentagon public relations offensive, dozens of lawmakers are being flown to the maximum-security units here for VIP tours conducted by generals who portray the cells as safe and even comfortable places for suspected terrorists to spend their days. The visits, organized by the military in a bid to blunt the impact of numerous reports of inhumane treatment and exotic interrogation techniques, have become such a routine part of life at this spartan, sprawling base that signs on the open doors of two maximum-security cells say "Tour Cell." One aim of the...