How Much Has Really Changed at America’s ’Black Prison’? | FP Passport
▻http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/07/25/how_much_has_really_changed_at_americas_black_prison
The reality of life at #Bagram stands in stark contrast to the principles outlined at the outset of the Obama administration. “The message we are sending around the world is that the United States intends to prosecute the ongoing struggle against violence and terrorism, and we are going to do so vigilantly; we are going to do so effectively; and we are going to do so in a manner that is consistent with our values and our ideals,” Obama said in outlawing harsh interrogation methods in January, 2009.
While the worst abuses of the Bush era have been curtailed, the differences between Obama and his predecessor are ones of degree, not kind.
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