[lit-ideas] Re: CIA Secret Prisons
- From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 14:24:08 -0700
Why bring me into this Simon? I've been peacefully making my way through
Christopher Hitchens' collection of essays entitled Love, Poverty, and War,
Journeys and Essays, trying to mind my own business, and showing my
appreciation for a certain sort of Brit in the process. I don't know
anything about your subject. I don't know if there are any secret prisons
or not, but if any did exist and if someone decided to keep them secret, I
can think of an excellent reason for why he might decided to do so: to avoid
having to listen to all the whining from bleeding heart liberals.
Lawrence, still in Hitchens "Route 66"
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: CIA Secret Prisons
"That Clinton and Bush both sought this strategy indicates
there is probably a strong pragmatic reason for it."
The reason - pragmatic or not - was to remove from US soil human rights
violations. Clinton chose to contract out to foreign governments. Bush
decided merely to export the prisons but keep them under US control.
Both, to my mind, are deplorable. Both stoop to the level of the
'terrorist'. But, as Lawrence might say, you have to be tough with these
guys.
Possibly you do, but then why keep it secret?
Simon
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