Thursday, June 20, 2013

Oh and there is this....

Seems Senator Feinstein woke up briefly yesterday and issued a statement to the Pentagon asking them to stop the torture regime of force feeding the Guantanamo prisoners. I suspect she is back to sleep as I type but in her statement she made the following observations:

The Practice is inconsistent with international norms; I urge the Defense Department to put in place ‘the most humane policies possible’ ....noting that 60 percent of detainees are on a hunger strike and more than 40 being forcibly fed.

Col. Bogdan should be relieved of his command......

I think I said something similar a few weeks back but read this commentary by fellow Gitmo attorney David Remes in the Guardian which says pretty much the same thing I said.... but perhaps a little more eloquently.....