Op-Ed : Where 'Those Methods' Lead

Thanks for the story and the Robinson article, as well. -D

Prison torture and murders within America also needs attention. Abuse and secret deaths of inmates - U.S. citizens - was and is permitted by the USDOJ, the agency charged with protecting the rights of institutionalized persons. 

See this desperate plea for help by Penn. prisoners who fear for their lives, saying they were severely punished when Obama became president by verbal abuse, beatings, electrocution, and starvation, with their punishment allegedly growing more brutal after they reported their torture:  http://www.care2.com/c2c/share/detail/1124844

My advocacy centers around exposing prisoner issues, particularly decriminalizing mental illness.  Prisons became America's mental institutions in the 70's, probably to enrich prison profiteers.  Sick inmates suffer even worse than others.  Over 60% of those in solitary confinement are mental patients.  In the document above, a mentally ill inmate was allegedly verbally abused by taunting guards who repeatedly called him "retarded" and advised him to kill himself.

All of the prisoners mentioned in the above document are still in that prison today - still suffering today.

As with the overseas detainees, the USDOJ has frequently denies accountability for wrongful deaths of  American inmates, no matter how much conspiracy among officials and illegal intimidation against a dead inmate's family it takes to avoid disclosure.  I had hoped that things would CHANGE under Holder, but when I called and wrote the USDOJ about the illegal denial of records regarding my brother's secret death, I got put on terminal hold and emails to the USDOJ go unanswered.  See the case regarding my brother, Larry Neal:  http://wrongfuldeathoflarryneal.com. 

Many abused inmates and their families - U.S. citizens - hope some of the attention to prison torture and wrongful deaths will be turned homeward.  However, I find that their issues are so censored that it is hard to alert the public about the sadism that prevails in U.S. correctional facilities.

Mary Neal

Thanks for this update Karen

The schizophrenic path upon which the Bush administration has led the nation and the world, through the use of the Bush Doctrine, starting a war yet calling it "pre-emptive strike", exemplifying its problematic renaming and discarding terminology in an Orwellian fashion, merits neither admiration nor imitation.

You, America, is having  a very public discussion airing your dirty laundry.  In the end this may well be a good debate amongst yourselves, I.m not sure it helps America though with the rest of the world. 

I have stated before and I will state it again at the risk of repeating myself.  Be careful of the monster you unleash with this vandetta.  As an outsider it seems to me that the whole issue is about getting even with the Bush Administration.  From what I have heard and seen there seems to be some record in Congress that the top 8 officials in Congress were briefed in detail and signed off on those methods circa 2003 (both Democrats and Republicans).  Apparently Nacy Pelosi has recently developed Alzheimers disease on this. 

Remember you still have troops serving around the world.  Please show some consideration to them when beating up on each other on this issue. 

these are such dark times, whats the point of going to a country to make thngs better then using torture, i wonder what the pictures will show, lets hope in the end its not as bad as its being made out to be.