An Illustrated First-Person Guide to the CIA’s Torture Program

Re:An Illustrated First-Person Guide to the CIA’s Torture Pr... by irrational on Thursday December 05, 2019 @10:54AM (#21713318)

How is it possible that people weren't held accountable for this? Because they work for the government.

And how come the US government still hasn't tried to remedy the situation? Because it's the government.

Are those people going to be held in captivity with no charges until their death? Probably, because of the government.

Note: Nothing was done during Obama's tenure. Neither a Republican nor a Democrat government is going to do anything about this.

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Re:An Illustrated First-Person Guide to the CIA’s Torture Pr... by kombucha11 on Thursday December 05, 2019 @11:49AM (#21713818)

At least Obama tried to bring them to them mainland and house them old prisons etc which would've brought the inmates under the jurisdiction of non military courts and thus they would've gotten their day in court, a fair trial not military court bs. Sadly no one wanted to do this, talks of "I'm not going to let terrorists anywhere near my home!" were prevalent and the plan was dead. There is no easy way of choosing Guantanamo Bay given the military industrial complex.

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Re:An Illustrated First-Person Guide to the CIA’s Torture Pr... by mrguyorama on Thursday December 05, 2019 @01:40PM (#21714940)

Wasn't it also because the republican senate stonewalled quite literally anything Obama tried to do, good or bad?

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