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Shahid Buttar, Truthout: "We have failed to even investigate torturers, yet we have prosecuted and imprisoned millions for lesser offenses. And we allow mass murderers the benefit of constitutional rights that we deny detainees at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere. Until policymakers examine and fix these double standards, they will continue to undermine our foreign policy, as well as our domestic criminal justice system."

http://www.truthout.org/article/double-standards-how-our-lawlessness-strengthens-our-enemies



Fear and Paranoia as Guantanamo Marks Its Eighth Anniversary

Andy Worthington, Truthout: "On the eighth anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo, the fate of the 198 prisoners still held is, in many ways, no clearer than it was a year ago. President Obama has released 42 men since taking office on January 20, 2009, but has already admitted that he will miss his self-imposed deadline for the prison's closure on January 22."

http://www.truthout.org/article/fear-and-paranoia-guant%C3%A1namo-marks-its-eighth-anniversary



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