Former Iran Hostage Writes on Guantanamo
Bruce Laingen, the highest-ranking U.S. official held hostage in Iran, writes of The Agony and the Empathy for Imprisoned:
Official U.S. government policy on the Guantanamo detainees insists that circumstances surrounding their capture justify the manner of their detention. But even granted the limits that the war on terror imposes on judicial proceedings, what appears to be happening in the camp, and, yes, what is not happening, is wrong. The effect on our image abroad is increasingly adverse. And it is unworthy of American traditions and precepts of justice.
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