The U.S. military base on the island of Diego Garcia in the
Indian Ocean.
By ADAM ZAGORIN
Almost two years have passed since President George W. Bush publicly acknowledged the existence of a CIA program in which agency-leased aircraft fly terror suspects between secret prisons and interrogation sites around the world. “This program has helped us to [...]
Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld personally authorized the use of brutal interrogation techniques against suspected terrorists imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay despite warnings from the FBI that the methods amounted to inhumane treatment, was possibly illegal, and would not produce reliable intelligence, a Department of Justice inspector general testified Tuesday.
America’s ‘floating prisons’ are not only illegal, but evidence of the limitless scale of US detention policy
By Shayana Kadidal
The Guardian
The controversy over prison ships was first highlighted in June 2005 when the UN’s special rapporteur on terrorism spoke of “very, very serious” allegations that the US was secretly detaining terrorism suspects in various locations around the world, notably on vessels in the Indian Ocean.
The US authorities have not denied that ships have been [...]
Report says 17 boats used
MPs seek details of UK role
Europe attacks 42-day plan
An amphibious assault vehicle leaves the USS Peleliu, which was used to detain
prisoners, according to the human rights group Reprieve.
Photograph: Zack Baddor/AP
The United States is operating “floating prisons” to house those arrested in its war on terror, according to human rights lawyers, who [...]
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