Posted by
The Eagle's Quill on Friday, September 15, 2006 6:29:34 PM
In a stunning
article, Richard Miniter describes in startling detail how well the terrorist detainees are treated at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Among the findings are that:
"Detainees are entitled to a full eight hours sleep and can't be woken up for interrogations. They enjoy three meals and five prayers per day, without interruption. They are entitled to a minimum of two hours of outdoor recreation per day."
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One interrogator actually bakes cookies for detainees, while another serves them Subway or McDonald's sandwiches. Both are available on base. (Filet o' Fish is an al Qaeda favorite.)"
Of more concern is that "a multi-cell al Qaeda network has developed in the camp," and that "cells pass messages from leaders in one camp to followers in others."
How could this be happening?
"Detainees use the envelopes sent to them by their attorneys to pass messages. (Some 1,000 lawyers represent 440 prisoners, all on a
pro bono basis, with more than 18,500 letters in and out of Gitmo in the past year.) Guards are not allowed to look inside these envelopes because of "attorney-client privilege" - even if they know the document inside is an Arabic-language note written by a prisoner to another prisoner and not a letter to or from a lawyer.
That's right: Accidentally or not, American lawyers are helping al Qaeda prisoners continue to plot."
Read the whole article. In addition, this editorial in the Washington Times and this article by Andrew McCarthy alert us to more dangers ahead with expanded rights for terrorists like the mastermind of 9/11, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
- posted by Glen Kissel