Senior UN human rights officials have publicly protested to the United States government that force feeding Guantanamo prisoners violates international medical standards. The hunger strike at the offshore gulag which started in February is growing amongst the captives who face possible endless detention. Twenty-one prisoners are currently being forced fed. The international body also warned that indefinite detention constitutes "cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment" under international law. Most of the captives are merely suspects and have not been charged with a terrorism offense.The strike has put the issue of closing Guantanamo back in front of the Current Occupant who promised to close the infamous dungeon to gain votes for his first election to office. This week he once again promised to close the prison camp whose existence is a "stain on the country", according to Col. Morris Davis, former chief prosecutor at Guantanamo. Nevertheless, the US has not responded to repeated requests from the UN that human rights officials be allowed to inspect the prison camp and interview captives in private. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said, "we have specific information regarding the severe and prolonged...damage caused the by the detainees' high degree of uncertainty over basic aspects of their lives...". The UN once again called on the United States to either charge or release the detainees.
The reality is the Navy authorities in charge of the camp do not have enough information with which to bring plausible charges against most of the remaining captives; they fear releasing them because the captives' degrading treatment may have radicalized them into taking retaliation against their captors' homeland. When in doubt, stall. A former lawyer for the White House who drafted the drone warfare policy for the Charlatan told the Bipartisan Policy Center that B.O'Drama has increased the use of drones to kill terrorist suspects because he is unwilling to deal with the political ramifications of jailing, charging and trying them. So far highly controversial drone warfare killed an estimated 4700 people in 300 attacks over four countries. The recent Boston Marathon bombings killed four Americans. US Person suggests the continued operation of the offshore gulag is more than just a stain, Col. Davis, it is a security threat.