nytimes.com — Donald Vance, a 29-year-old Navy veteran from Chicago, was a whistle-blower who tipped off the F.B.I. to suspicious activity at the company where he worked, including possible weapons trafficking. He was arrested and held for 97 days — shackled and blindfolded, prevented from sleeping by blaring music and round-the-clock lights.
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pirotessDec 21, 2006
Don't ever report suspicious activity. If you see a crime its better off to leave it be. Most people should follow Spiderman's advice and realize that they don't have great power so don't take any responsibility.
krosh08Dec 21, 2006
Any government is, simply put, a legal form of "cosa nostra" and someone is closer to the "family" and someone is in the other gang. Haven't we learned anything watching the "Godfather"? The fact that we learn about this incident shows how unafraid of our protesting this administration is.
ayeroxorDec 21, 2006
morem7:"WW1: Woodrow Wilson Democrat, WW2 FDR Democrat, Korea Harry Truman Democrat, Vietnam JFK & LBJ Democrat, Yugoslovia/Bosnia Clinton Democrat, Somalia Clinton Democrat"I hope you know that unlike most Republican-presided wars, most of those Democrats did NOT start those wars.
maxdDec 22, 2006
I'd just like to briefly mention an Australian citizen, David Hicks. He's been held in Guantánamo Bay for the past five years. He has claimed that he has been:# Initially held onboard USS Peleliu in the Arabian Sea, Hicks was "flown to a nearby land base for ten-hour torture sessions, shackled and blindfolded, which were marked by kicking, beatings with rifle butts, punching about the head and torso, death threats at gunpoint and anal penetration with objects – all by Americans."# On 9 July 2003 Hicks was placed in a closet-sized, self-contained cell designed to deny its occupant all stimuli, this CIA sensory-deprivation torture technique continued for eight months (244 days). Hicks "experienced “extreme mood swings” almost hourly" and began to consider suicide. By early 2004 American attorney, Joshua Dratel, "found Hicks at the brink of despair","obsessed with the minutiae of his surroundings, almost unable to comprehend the reality of his trial and the larger issues at stake."# August 5, 2004; an affidavit[5] by Hicks claims mistreatments. (The affidavit was made public on December 10, 2004.) The following are excerpts: * Item 9. I have been in the company of other detainees who were beaten while blindfolded and handcuffed. At one point, a group of detainees, including myself, were subjected to being randomly hit over a eight hour session while handcuffed and blindfolded. * Item 11. I have had my head rammed into asphalt several times (while blindfolded). * Item 13. I have had medication - the identity of which was unknown to me, despite my requests for information - forced upon me against my will. I have been struck while under the influence of sedatives that were forced upon me by injection. * Item 14. I have been forced to run in leg shackles that regularly ripped the skin off my ankles. Many other detainees experienced the same. * Item 15. I have been deprived of sleep as a matter of policy. * Item 16. I have witnessed the activities of the Internal Reaction Force (hereinafter "IRF"), which consists of a squad of soldiers that enter a detainee's cell and brutalize him with the aid of an attack dog. The IRF invasions were so common that the term to be "IRF'd" became part of the language of the detainees. I have seen detainees suffer serious injuries as a result of being IRF'ed. I have seen detainees IRF'ed while they were praying, or for refusing medication. * Item 23. At one point during 2003 alone, my weight dropped by 30 pounds (and I was not overweight to start). * Item27. As noted earlier, the above catalogue of abuse and mistreatment is not complete. It is but a summary of some of the abuse I suffered, witnessed, and/or heard about since my detention began. I would be able to provide further information and detail if the Court so desires, but a complete account would require a substantially longer document. In fact, at my request and due to the persistence of my lawyers, I have recently met with US military investigators conducting the probe into detainee abuse in Afghanistan. Also, this is not the first time I protested my mistreatment, since on several occasions - in Afghanistan, and later at Guantanamo Bay - I informed representatives of the International Red Cross of the abuse.[<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hicks]">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hicks]</a>Whether he's a good person or a bad person, I don't know, however, I think it's bad form.
caleb4mjDec 26, 2006
wrong article, stupid digg