Comments on: Andy Worthington http://antiwar.com/radio/2009/03/10/andy-worthington-7/ Interviews of foreign policy experts, writers and activists. Sat, 26 May 2012 20:46:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Andy Worthington on Antiwar Radio: the Guantánamo film, Binyam Mohamed, Ali al-Marri and the definitive prisoner list | Andy Worthington http://antiwar.com/radio/2009/03/10/andy-worthington-7/comment-page-1/#comment-4105 Andy Worthington on Antiwar Radio: the Guantánamo film, Binyam Mohamed, Ali al-Marri and the definitive prisoner list | Andy Worthington Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:31:45 +0000 http://antiwar.com/radio/?p=2608#comment-4105 [...] — for the seventh time! — by the ever enthusiastic and ever indignant Scott Horton for Antiwar Radio. We began by talking about my forthcoming documentary, which has the working title of “Outside [...] [...] — for the seventh time! — by the ever enthusiastic and ever indignant Scott Horton for Antiwar Radio. We began by talking about my forthcoming documentary, which has the working title of “Outside [...]

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://antiwar.com/radio/2009/03/10/andy-worthington-7/comment-page-1/#comment-4102 eCAHNomics Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:12:38 +0000 http://antiwar.com/radio/?p=2608#comment-4102 Closing Gitmo won't change anything. Problem detainees will just be moved to Bagram, which is where all the new prisoners will be held. U.S. courts have no power there and Afghans won't dare try to impose their rule of law, such as it is. Also I don't understand why everyone is so shocked that the U.S. tortures. The CIA has always done it (documented in Legacy of Ashes among other places), especially during wars, but proxy wars and cold wars work for them. Now that the CIA is so malfunctional, the baton is passed to military special ops. Closing Gitmo won’t change anything. Problem detainees will just be moved to Bagram, which is where all the new prisoners will be held. U.S. courts have no power there and Afghans won’t dare try to impose their rule of law, such as it is.

Also I don’t understand why everyone is so shocked that the U.S. tortures. The CIA has always done it (documented in Legacy of Ashes among other places), especially during wars, but proxy wars and cold wars work for them. Now that the CIA is so malfunctional, the baton is passed to military special ops.

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