Ted Rall for November 18, 2013
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Inmates at GITMO who suffered "enhanced interrogation" at the hands of the CIA during, the "extraordinary rendition" program have been told they can't sue over their torture. (The U.S. is a nation of laws. But GITMO isn't in the U.S.) The government argues that the "United States Government has absolute control of U.S. captives' CIA memories because where they were held and what was done to them. Ironically, the government did release some of the prisoners' "CIA Memories" to the makers of the macho military porn movie "Zero Dark Thirty," which used them to re-create the torture. (Woman: Wow- you really did all this? to people?) (Man 3: Cool, huh? So how many points you give us?) Torture the victims can't sue over. (Man 3: Be happy!) (Man 4: At least they're not giving away over torture memories for "exposure..."
I’m old enough to remember when the US sent civilian aid agencies to foreign disaster zones. So are a lot of foreigners. Why do we militarize disaster relief? Because it’s an opportunity to take over a country while it’s weak. For example: Haiti. Thus: why some people are suspicious of US disaster relief, especially when it’s delivered by the military.