Guantanamo Bay


The Pentagon should, at least, try to be consistent. First, they insist that no torture is going on at Guantanamo Bay. Now comes the news that the Pentagon:


"...may formally require military prosecutors to observe a U.N. convention against torture in their use of evidence during tribunals at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp."


All along the story has been that there is no torture happening at Guantanamo Bay and that, furthermore, the U.S. does not condone the practice of torture. How can any formal requirement that the military not use torture possibly be of any use now? Why should anything they say about this be believed, when they still will not allow U.N. representatives to interview prisoners?

Obviously, this is yet another political ploy to offer false reassurances. The U.S. fears further fallout from these atrocities.