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Sunday, November 30, 2003
"Next to the alternatives, Camp Four is paradise. Real, colored prayer rugs, thicker mattresses, pillows even, and soccer shoes. Pure-white clothes instead of glaring catch-me-you-if-you-can orange. A librarian comes around with books, and lunch is on picnic tables, family style. This is where the prisoners get to come if they are good, meaning well behaved and fruitful in their interrogations. 'We try to sell this place,' says an Army Colonel."
Back on mainland, an Algerian air force lieutenant (Benamar Benatta) with an expired visa was held in primarily solitary confinement for 26 months in the aftermath of post-9/11 panic in the US. Washington Post reports on the lieutenant's shattering experience: A Prisoner Of Panic After 9/11.
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