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In Secret Unit's 'Black Room,' a Grim Portrait of U.S. Abuse - New York Times
by Mike the Usurper at 4:47 am EST, Mar 20, 2006

The slogan, as one Defense Department official explained, reflected an adage adopted by Task Force 6-26: "If you don't make them bleed, they can't prosecute for it." According to Pentagon specialists who worked with the unit, prisoners at Camp Nama often disappeared into a detention black hole, barred from access to lawyers or relatives, and confined for weeks without charges. "The reality is, there were no rules there," another Pentagon official said.

And people wonder why we're not thought of so highly in the rest of the world anymore.


 
 
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