npr.org — Audio recordings obtained by NPR provide the outside world with its first window into the secret world of military tribunals at the U.S. prison camp for terrorism. Lawyers for six of the detainees obtained the tapes of their tribunals under the Freedom of Information Act and provided NPR with copies of the recordings.
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fanzhangoNov 22, 2006
I think if anyone deserve to be label 'fair and balance', it should be NPR. Plenty of conservatives get their news from NPR. Not everyone want to get their news from a echo chamber like fox or msnbc.
mjohnson2112Nov 23, 2006
"I cant believe or ever imagine that US citizens would push for torture and kidnappings...Now its just casually talked about like they arent torture and kidnappings"Well... who knows. America was a confusing place after 9/11. The mob mentality took root, drove us to opinions and thoughts that wouldn't have been possible before. Our leadership took advantage of our anger, fed and manipulated our fears to the point where many of us lost sight of the morals the country was founded on. Most Americans don't condone torture in all but the most extreme situations. Many of us feel it should be reserved for the most dire of situations... the ticking time bomb scenario, but not as a matter of simple strategy. George Bush sees it as a mandate to do whatever he believes is moral. We've seen his morality.
williamdyerNov 23, 2006
It really angers me how badly we f**ked up the occupation of Iraq, the filtering out of innocent people at Gitmo, and other things.If these two things are so badly f**ked up, you have to wonder what the government is doing with the AT&T wiretap dragnet. What kinds of f**kups are misusing our private communications?We should put the whole gang of f**kers that did this on trial and hang them all.
barmatNov 23, 2006
As a Veteran this situation depresses me. I risked my life for this country's people, it's values and rule of law.This is how it uses that gift. We all better watch out and watch what we say on public forums or we could find ourselves in Gitmo. It looks like people are being held and tortured for nothing. I won't go down without a fight though.
vamparesNov 23, 2006
You mean George. I make that mistake sometimes too.
vamparesNov 23, 2006
"Terror centers? Time to stop reading DailyKOS."I think this will come back to America for 40 years or more. There is a lull in the "wake of terror" but don't think that homeland security or forces abroad are touching the terror coming. These are just passing on their way to war. Copy cats are easy to stop. 9/11 was foobar because it was 20 dudes and a suitcase full of cash not one guy with a laptop and a bankroll. Be realistic. They will be. You want security? Try living in Israel. That's how unchecked aggression lives. And they're bunker only has to withstand bottlerockets. Why push things over the edge? That one guy with a laptop is going to turn into someone who had more patience. That's bad. There is a built in safety mechanism -- smart people don't do stupid s**t -- not homeland security. Nobody stopped my car or searched my house. If they can't figure out why sprite explodes when you shake it, where does that put us?I spent a couple years studying chemistry. I live in America too. I flown on planes and family members of mine have worked in the pentagon. But I have the foresight to realize that letting them think they got the last lick ultimately changes the _future_, my _future_. Chemistry is some really crazy stuff. I have a much greater respect for the simple blessing of the world we live in and pvc tubing. What would be the result of large quantities of dioxin being released at the top of a water shed be? We have a hard enough time controlling the "good" waste chemicals much less whatever 19th century sludge a would be terrorist can concoct with 20th century building materials.