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Donald Trump has signed an executive order to keep the Guantánamo Bay prison camp open, reversing the policy of the Obama administration.
In his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, Trump said he had directed the defence secretary, James Mattis, "to re-examine our military detention policy and to keep open the detention facilities at Guantánamo Bay". He added that he expected that "in many cases" captured terrorists would be sent to the camp.
The Trump executive order instructs Mattis, in consultation with the secretary of state and other officials, to deliver a new policy on battlefield detentions, "including policies governing transfer of individuals to US Naval Station Guantánamo Bay" within 90 days.
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Donald Trump Signs Executive Order to Keep Guantánamo Bay Open
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(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 02 2018, @02:05AM
I think it should have been televised, much more violent, much more demeaning, and sometimes more high-tech. I guess I'm a tiny bit angry. I suspect we could have gotten more torture for the money we spent, and the prisoners had it too easy.
Start with torture to get information. For this, put them in brain scanners or even surgically place wires into the brain surface. As you question them, detect any lies by the brain activity.
After we have gathered all possible information, we switch to torturing as a deterrent. It's also just fun, so we could sell tickets and auction off opportunities to participate.
For example:
Build a conical or pyramidal prison cell, pointy part down. In the bottom, place a Koran. Several feet above that, place a non-removable metal grate as the floor. Feed the prisoner. Eventually, they must poo. To protect the Koran, they will have to catch and hold their poo. There is no place to set it down. Feed them more.
Another good one is a sex change operation. We can them pimp them out.
We can force them to memorize the Bible and pray the rosary. Better yet, we can do Hindu god(s).
We can do as they would do to us: burning alive, stoning, tossing from roofs, slit throats, acid in the face, hit by truck, explosives, drowning, etc.
We can strap them down, then bring in starving pigs. Pigs are happy to eat humans.
We can transplant pig organs into them. We then point out that they are thus doomed to Hell... but that isn't a Christian belief and so they might as well convert. It's kind of a variation on Pascal's wager.