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POPSRemember Jose Padilla? Um ... we screwed that one up After pulling accused -- err, make that formerly -accused -- dirty-bomber (and U.S. citizen) Jose Padilla out of the military justice system, putting him in federal prison, and quietly dropping the sensational dirty-bomb allegation, they find that he is probably too mentally damaged from his two years of brutal interrogations to stand trial. The government's response? You can't trust what he says about what we did to him, because he's too crazy from all the things we did to him. Keep in mind -- no one even alleges any more that Padilla ever was a terrorist .
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POPSGitmo Guards Mental! Traumatised by Job.
"The taunts of prisoners and the things his superiors required him to do to them had a severe psychological impact on Mr H. "He was called upon to bring detainees, enemy combatants, to certain places and to see that they were handcuffed in particularly painful and difficult positions, usually naked, in anticipation of their interrogation," said Smith. "On occasion he was told to make prisoners kneel, naked and handcuffed, on sharp stones. To avoid interrogation the prisoners would often rub their wounds afterwards to make them worse so that they would be taken to hospital. "Some of the techniques used by interrogators resulted in detainees defecating, urinating, vomiting and screaming. Mr H told Smith he felt profoundly guilty about his participation. "It was wrong what we did," he said. The prisoners also threatened Mr H. "They would tell him they had networks of people throughout the world," said Smith. "If he did not take letters out and mail them then they would see to
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