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Where are the secret prisons, anyway?
by rdouble 13y ago
Where are the secret prisons, anyway?
- enraged_camel 13y agoAlmost all of them are overseas, outside of US territory and jurisdiction. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_site#Suspected_black_sites http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_site#Suspected_black_site...
- bussierem 13y agoAlso, why are they still considered "secret" if random people on HN are discussing them candidly?
- alanh 13y agoBecause their locations are or were undisclosed, and obviously not even everyone here has heard of them. They exist. Edited in reply They are explicitly said to exist in Hollywood propaganda film Zero Dark Thirty (2013). No, this is not proof, although it is evidence. If the establishment wants us to believe they exist, is that not troubling enough?
- Arnor 13y agoFYI hollywood propaganda films aren't usually the best citations... EDIT: spelling counts...
- serf 13y agothe fact that the movie made a splash within the security community for "saying too much" helps to give credence, as well. Yeah, it's a movie, but the people who were upset about it being released were people in authority. With Hollywood's ties to the US Government, it was probably a fake attempt to get their buddys' movie to sell better... who knows. theories abound.
- will_brown 13y agoFor the same reason the Gestapo were the official secrete police of the Nazi Germany. Abbreviation of Geheime Staatspolizei, "Secret State Police" Or the US Secret Service...
- wazoox 13y agoDidn't you hear of these suspected terrorists sent by the CIA to Morocco, Syria or elsewhere explicitly to be tortured?
- rdouble 13y agoNope.
- hysterix 13y agoSo if I stick my head in the sand, and refuse to believe any of these things exist, does that mean they magically disappear?
- trevelyan 13y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maher_Arar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maher_Arar
- adventured 13y agoIt's unfortunate if you've managed to avoid the news for the last decade. The secret prisons the US has been running around the world have been regularly in the news since not long after 9/11.