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Wow, when I first heard the US's "assurances" I thought they were bullshit as they could just put him in some other terrible prison with some other kind of spec

Wow, when I first heard the US's "assurances" I thought they were bullshit as they could just put him in some other terrible prison with some other kind of special measures. Apparently I gave the US far too much credit, the actual assurances given don't even need crafty loopholes to be avoided. They can just stick him in ADX with SAMs for new transgressions.

xbar 5y ago
I think this is really the most interesting part of the story. It is an impressive excoriation against the US Bureau of Prisons and its policies. The US loosing an extradition case from its very closest ally because the US prison system cannot be trusted to keep even white collar "criminals" (loosely) alive would globally confirm that the US is a human rights violator.
- blitzar 5y ago
  Is the need to 'guarantee' special treatment not an admission of guilt?
  - vkou 5y ago
    It's an admission that the prison system is in many ways inhumane, but that's hardly a secret.