1.31.2005

Guantanamo Sex Scandal

I'm breaking my pledge already, but this is simply too horrific to ignore. Rarely do I agree with Maureen Dowd, but if the allegations made by the sergeant whose not-yet-published book she refers to are true, then everybody in a position of authority at Guantanamo should be given an immediate dishonorable discharge. The use of sexual temptation to try to break inmates' reliance on God is simply disgusting. For a nation whose first freedom is that of religion, this abuse is as severe a violation of the Constitution as murder and as severe a violation of "the rights endowed by our Creator" as chattel slavery.