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bunnynico:

Some believe that an affront to the rule of law is what’s to be expected during war time, and that there have only been a few instances of torture at Gitmo, but since when is it okay to detain people for over six years, particularly minors, without so much as a trial, let alone a counselor?   Juveniles in the U.S. who are convicted of murder are often released when they become adults, and their records are often either sealed or expunged.

The lawyers for Omar Khadr, now 21 and [after 6 years is] still at Guantanamo, released a 10-minute 2003 segment on the Internet early today before releasing about eight hours of interrogation footage in Edmonton, Alberta, in the afternoon.

Khadr was 15 in 2002 when he was shot and taken into U.S. custody in Afghanistan, accused of killing an American soldier. 

Judging from the comments to this article, there seems to be somewhat of a misunderstanding of what the U.S. criminal justice system is supposed to ensure:  the presumption of innocence unless proven guilty.  Even for alleged terrorists.  

I wonder what the erased torture interrogation videos showed, but I guess we’ll never know, thanks to the government’s passive form of evidence destruction.