Detainee "just skin and bones" after 6 years of torture in custody.

The US needs to grow the **** up. If it keeps doing this its enemies will unite against them and force them into submission.

The treatment dished out in Guantanamo seems to have been the least of this man's worries.

His transfer offshore to other facilities run by foreign intelligence services with interrogation methods akin to those seen in a horror movie would have been more traumatic.

The concept of unending mental and physical torture, then being transferred elsewhere for more torture, alongside being told that you do not have access to lawyers or any protection. Imagine you hadn't actually done anything and were simply guilty by association? It's the stuff of nightmares.

washington, jefferson, and the whole lot of them would approve i'm sure

some city upon a hill

"just "skin and bones""...strong examples of what neocons believe America stands for.

Don't believe everything you read! And what about the terrorists sawing off peoples' heads while tied up and alive?????????????

Fuck the law.

the people that did this to him deserve to spend their lives in prison.

Let'em starve themselves. One less around.

GOOD!

Now do you understand what kind of government the people are up against? Monsters is what they are.....

the 'headline' is misleading. He starved himself. I'm not sure I believe this guy. There was some reason he was arrested and not another man. The cost of keeping him is reason to let him go if he's innocent. He's not being forthright.

Bush and his "boy" Blair should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity.

wow, looks like I will have a sleepless night.

It seems to me that the republicans have gotten away with way to much in the years that they had control of the house and the senate, even during the Clinton years. The party has played on religion and fear quite well...Yes we had a tragedy of epic proportions but our reactions to the event have left me wondering...are we christians, we Americans who are supposed to believe in justice for all, are we any better than the terorists? It is time we became more vocal about our government, on the streets just a serious honest conversation overheard by a christian republican in a restaurant can do wonders.

Actually, some of the intel gathered from here and the UK showed that he had some ties, though very loose ones. Still, this is no way to treat anyone.
torture does not work. Torture can make people confess to things they didn't even know about.

gitmo is the world headquarters for torture!

Kepano said: "This is a Bush Administration injustice and he should be charged with Crimes against these people who claim have no terrorist ties"

Kepano - there are political organizations and activists that are trying to do just that! Check out these articles:

http://www.truthout.org/011909M

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/02/03/some_call_for_b...

http://www.democrats.com/vote-to-hold-bush-accountable-at-moveon

Btw, if you would like to see George W. Bush's resume, check out this link...

http://www.netscientia.com/george-w-bush.html

scoreJ6 -

Keep in mind and always remember that this was not America's idea, but George W. Bush's and the rest of his corrupt group of hooligans! (I myself never approved of this facility, neither did any one of my family members. And I know of other people who despise this whole camp and it's concept of torture!)

So when you say "America" - please do not include all of it's citizens who never approved and accepted this whole concept in the first place! (Myself, my family, and many others included!)

I thought the commander of this American Military Base said on TV that America does not practice such techniques, what a bunch of bull shit on the American Governments Part. This is a Bush Administration injustice and he should be charged with Crimes against these people who claim have no terrorist ties.

Starvation-tactics, has American ring to it

this is so disturbing. to think that this sort of behavior is probably still going on unnoticed is beyond scary.

Thankfully we have a President now who does not approve of such measures.

wtf? this is a modern day witch hunt. how can people do this sort of thing?