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Press Tours Guantanamo

Reporters from the Associated Press conducted a tour of Guantanamo. They were allowed to see some prisoners and watch some interrogations without sound. The reporters were favorably impressed.

A two-day tour of Guantanamo Bay afforded The Associated Press the most extensive access ever allowed independent journalists, giving them views of some 50 detainees, including some in a new maximum-security prison. ...Watching through mirrored glass, and with the sound turned off, the AP also witnessed three interrogations, including one in the part of the camp reserved for problem detainees and prisoners believed to hold information important to the fight against international terrorist groups.

We have our doubts about these controlled show tours, especially in light of reports like these:

The International Committee of the Red Cross, the only independent group allowed to visit the detainees, issued a rare public rebuke of conditions in October. It and other groups contend the prolonged detention has harmed detainees' mental health. Some critics, however, charge that is the result of harsh interrogation techniques....Twenty-one detainees have tried to kill themselves 34 times, the most recent attempt coming last January.

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