I call them invisible inks because they never appeared in my printed paper.
When I first saw this item I thought the Globe was hiding torture; however, it soon became clear these "leaks" were designed to back up the official impossibility regarding 9/11.
"Guantanamo files show shaky evidence; Many prisoners still ‘high risk’" April 25, 2011|By Charlie Savage, William Glaberson, and Andrew W. Lehren, New York Times
WASHINGTON — A trove of more than 700 classified military documents provides new and detailed accounts of the men who have done time at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba and offers new insight into the evidence against the 172 still there.
Military intelligence officials, in assessments of detainees written between February 2002 and January 2009, evaluated their histories and provided glimpses of the tensions between captors and captives. What began as a makeshift experiment after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks now seems like an enduring American institution, and the leaked files show why, by laying bare the patchwork and contradictory evidence that in many cases would never have stood up in criminal court or a military tribunal....
I can't describe the sickening and ashamed feeling I have inside reading that about my war-criminal government.
The documents are largely silent about the use of the harsh interrogation tactics at Guantanamo — including sleep deprivation, shackling in stress positions, and prolonged exposure to cold temperatures — that drew global condemnation. Several prisoners, though, are portrayed as making up false stories about being subjected to abuse....
Obama administration officials condemned the publication of the classified documents, which were obtained by the antisecrecy group WikiLeaks last year but provided to The Times by another source....
And Wikileaks also said bin Laden was still alive up until a couple of weeks ago!
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Related:
Globe Editorial More reasons to close Gitmo
That did make print.
More reasons to stop buying the Globe.
