Detainee Torture 101

As the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments this week on the rights of enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the public is getting another peek at how detainees have been treated there.

A leaked copy of a March 2004 manual of Gitmo's "Standard Operating Procedures" for Camp Delta was published yesterday by the Web site Wikileaks.org. It deals with everything a guard at Guantanamo would need to know, from how to remove detainees' clothing when they first arrive (cut it off) to what guards should do if they find a detainee's plastic foam cup with writing on it (confiscate it). Rolls of toilet paper are considered "comfort items" that can be given to detainees as rewards.

Have you ever wondered how to mistreat and humiliate another human being simply because they have a skin color that is different than yours and they may wear clothes that are different than yours and maybe they have an "al-" at the beginning of their last name? Well, if you have make sure you read this manual on detainee abuse that our government produced and that you and I and everyone else who pays taxes published.

Whats hilarious about this disgusting manual is that there has not been one ONE conviction of anyone for any crime related to terrorism or any other thing since the first soul was taken to Guantanamo Bay in 2001. Not a single conviction with which I am aware. But Gitmo has certainly done a lot to strengthen America's standing in the world community, hasn't it? Heckuva job, Dubya.