Torturing Terrorists
Nov. 18th, 2009
Opinion Editorial by Anne Frances Durfee, Princeton University
(The views expressed in our submissions are independent and do not necessarily reflect those of the Arcadia Foundation)
Soon after Somalian pirates release their occasional Western hostage unharmed, Somalia drifts back to the unknown sea of hidden world politics. American media quickly reverts its attention to the hunt for Islamic terrorists and the expediency for human justice.
Quietly, the American government has captured and incarcerated Islamic terrorist suspects and their associates in secretly contracted prisons with the help of Ethiopia. Through contracting local Ethiopian warlords, the government is able to keep suspects in these prisons where they are interrogated by both U.S. and foreign officials. Many times, prisoners await transfer to the Guantanamo Bay detainment facility. Read Full Paper