Hey, Wait a Minute!
Something about the NY Times article I cited this morning (scroll down to "Supreme Slap-down") has been bugging me, so much so that I went back and re-read the article to see what was nagging at me. I found it:
Construction crews went to work Thursday morning as usual at Camp Six, putting final touches on a hulking, $24 million concrete structure that is to be the permanent, medium-security facility for terror detainees.
Huh?
A "hulking, $24 million concrete structure"? "Permanent"?
Curious about that little note, I did a quick Google search and found this piece on the VOA web site:
Most of Guantanamo's detainees are in open-air cells made of chain link fence with a metal roof, or simple barracks where up to 10 cooperative men are allowed to live together. But some are in a new, modern facility that cost more than $30 million to build, and looks like it is there for the long term.
...Camp Five is a two-story building surrounded by high fences and barbed wire, with fenced exercise yards nearby. It can house up to 100 detainees. And perhaps more important, there is another similar building under construction right next to it that will be known as Camp Six. The large cranes, hard-hatted construction workers and piles of building material do not look like part of any facility that is going to be abandoned anytime soon. [Emphasis added]
And the regime is looking for a way to close down Gitmo? It sure doesn't look like it to me. In fact, this construction is more than a little reminiscent of the base construction going on in Iraq. I get the distinct impression that the Emperor has no intention of closing down either operation, Supreme Court decisions be damned.
Construction crews went to work Thursday morning as usual at Camp Six, putting final touches on a hulking, $24 million concrete structure that is to be the permanent, medium-security facility for terror detainees.
Huh?
A "hulking, $24 million concrete structure"? "Permanent"?
Curious about that little note, I did a quick Google search and found this piece on the VOA web site:
Most of Guantanamo's detainees are in open-air cells made of chain link fence with a metal roof, or simple barracks where up to 10 cooperative men are allowed to live together. But some are in a new, modern facility that cost more than $30 million to build, and looks like it is there for the long term.
...Camp Five is a two-story building surrounded by high fences and barbed wire, with fenced exercise yards nearby. It can house up to 100 detainees. And perhaps more important, there is another similar building under construction right next to it that will be known as Camp Six. The large cranes, hard-hatted construction workers and piles of building material do not look like part of any facility that is going to be abandoned anytime soon. [Emphasis added]
And the regime is looking for a way to close down Gitmo? It sure doesn't look like it to me. In fact, this construction is more than a little reminiscent of the base construction going on in Iraq. I get the distinct impression that the Emperor has no intention of closing down either operation, Supreme Court decisions be damned.
posted by Diane at 7:35 AM
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