Friday, February 20, 2009

Wow who woulda thunk - Gitmo complies with Geneva Conventions

A Pentagon review of conditions in the Guantanamo Bay military prison has concluded that the treatment of detainees meets the requirements of the Geneva Convention but that prisoners in the highest-security camps should be allowed more religious and social interaction with one another, according to a government official who has read the 85-page document.

The report, which was ordered by President Obama, was prepared by Adm. Patrick M. Walsh, the vice chief of naval operations, and has been delivered to the White House. Obama requested the review as part of an executive order on the planned closure of the prison at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. naval base on the southeastern tip of Cuba.

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Of course anyone who has actually read the Geneva conventions already knew that.

Just for comparison here is the cell John McCain was held in as a POW and the cells at Gitmo.

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