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If you want to be horrified and ashamed:
You ought to listen to this, particularly if you're an American.
Habeas Schmabeas from This American Life
It won a Peabody award, and you can download the mp3 of it for free for a limited time.
I already knew about a lot of this, but still...it's awfully shocking. They interview some people who were actually held prisoner in Guantanamo; they describe what was done to them, what it was like. This stuff is being done in our name, and is funded with our taxes.
There's also a very helpful and detailed explanation of just what habeas corpus is. It's all very well done indeed. But obviously, it's not for young children.
Habeas Schmabeas from This American Life
It won a Peabody award, and you can download the mp3 of it for free for a limited time.
I already knew about a lot of this, but still...it's awfully shocking. They interview some people who were actually held prisoner in Guantanamo; they describe what was done to them, what it was like. This stuff is being done in our name, and is funded with our taxes.
There's also a very helpful and detailed explanation of just what habeas corpus is. It's all very well done indeed. But obviously, it's not for young children.