Here, read about one of the many people detained and tortured by the United States who turned out to have absolutely nothing to do with terrorism. https://en.w

Here, read about one of the many people detained and tortured by the United States who turned out to have absolutely nothing to do with terrorism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_El-Masri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_El-Masri A different Khalid al-Masri is a suspected member of al Qaeda. So they tortured the wrong Khalid. Oops. This is why basic things like the right to a trial, open court proceedings that journalists can attend, the Geneva convention prohibiting torture, etc etc are so important. To trust a government to decide guilt in secret is to be ignorant of history.