(Apologies to whichever screenwriter wrote the first line spoken in a commercial "talkie" in the US.)
Federal judges reinstate groin searches pending appeal
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Past practice of shaking a captive’s trousers to see if “nails, shanks, ragged scraps of metal” fall out “posed an unacceptable risk to the safety and security of detainees and guards,” Kelly said.
Last week, detainee lawyers persuaded U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth that the invasive searches, adopted amid a widespread hunger strike, were discouraging some of Guantánamo’s 166 captives from voluntarily leaving their cells for meetings with their lawyers. Lamberth ordered the guards to stop it, and resume the practice of physically shaking the waistband of the pants of a prisoner to see if any contraband comes out.
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“Doesn’t the government have more important things to do than defend its right to grope detainees?” said attorney David Remes in Washington. In London, detainee attorney Cori Crider* called the searches “a transparent effort to break the hunger strike and to staunch the flow of information about it to the outside world.”
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The groin searches were reinstated, at least temporarily, by a three-judge panel — two appointed to the court by George W. Bush and one by Bill Clinton — while the appeals court considers whether to overturn Lamberth’s order. A preview of the appeal, in the Justice Department’s bid for a stay, said the searches were justified because the military has this year found “dangerous materials and other contraband” in cells at the prison.
Read more here:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/07/17/3504824/obama-administration-appeals-ban.html#storylink=cpyRead more here:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/07/17/3504824/obama-administration-appeals-ban.html#storylink=cpI am dying of curiosity: How is a groin search less dangerous to a "detainee" (odd word for life imprisonment) than simply shaking the waisband of his trousers? Exactly how were the guards shaking waistbands that made that procedure so dangerous? And, if they did find a way to make shaking waistbands dangerous to the detainee, just imagine how dangerous to the detainee they can make a groin search!
America, America,
God shed His grace on thee
And crowned thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
Pop quiz:
1. In which ways is Holder's D of J superior to Gonzo's?
2. When did the federal judiciary decide to rubber stamp the USG?
Seems as though Obadmin will go through a lot of changes to protect its image.
Remember when Obama ran on closing Gitmo and we thought that would be good news for the "detainees?"
Good times.
BTW, Obama issued an executive order prohibiting release of "detainees" to Yemen. Odd, since most of those "detained indefinitely" despite having been cleared of any and all crimes, are from Yemen.
On the bright side for the Obamadmin, the number of indefinite detainees who are on hunger strike decreased sharply during Ramadan, even though the word was that force feeding during Ramadan would be totally consistent with religious fasting requirements (that would be nothing, even water, by mouth or vein until after sundown, when Muslims literally breakfast during Ramadan--qauite a feat in desert nations).
*Radio interview of Attorny Crider on the subject of forced feedings:
http://scotthorton.org/2013/07/16/71513-cori-crider/
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