Ben Armbruster from Think Progress was on our show yesterday. He talks about the 60 Yemenis being held at Gitmo who are completely innocent. They have been in Gitmo for nearly ten years, and are supposed to be released but Congress has blocked it. For nearly ten years the United States has held 60 innocent men in a prison for no other reason than America doesn’t know what to do after admitting it made a mistake. This is from Joe Nocera in tonday’s New York Times…
The detainees are all in solitary confinement. They are shackled when they are taken to the shower. They cannot speak to their families unless they submit to that same repugnant body search.
As I said on today’s show, whenever our President speaks of closing Gitmo he says, “This is not who we are.” Mr. President? You promised to close Gitmo back in 2008. It’s been nearly five years. Gitmo is exactly who we are. More Nocera…
In other words, an already inhumane situation has become even worse on the watch of the president who claims to want to shut down the prison.