According to the Indianapolis Star [1], the reporting from Guantanamo will be less diverse:
Now, the Pentagon has shut down access entirely — at least temporarily — expelling reporters this week and triggering an outcry from human rights groups, attorneys and media organizations even as the prison comes under renewed criticism for the suicides of three detainees last weekend.
As reported by Thinkprogress, [2] the Pentagon
shut down access entirely to the Guantanamo Bay prison after the suicide deaths of three detainees. Journalists covering the suicides had their clearances revoked and were immediately flown back to the United States, and regular visits between detainees and their lawyers were cancelled.
Well, with one exception. FOX still has access. As Thinkprogress reports [2], Fox News analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano continues to have access and has continued to offer his “fair and balanced” review of prison conditions. Napolitano recently reported on the “now gentle, almost child-like the way they treat the detainees.”
Yeah, I guess that after torturing those guys for years, depriving them of any contact with loved ones and refusing to even tell them what they are charged with, they’ve become “child-like,” especially when we put them in chains and hoods and work extra hard to keep more of them from killing themselves. Now that not even the semi-credible wing of the mainstream media is here to report on your mistreatment, do any of you guys have any complaints about the facility?
Once again, keeping out the journalists solves a big problem for W. Where the sun doesn’t shine, everything is fine.
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