Despite the President's statement that he would "like to close" the Guantanamo prison, a new prison is being built there by, naturally, a subsidiary of Halliburton. This prison will house 200 inmates and will cost only $30,000,000 to build. That's $150,000 per inmate. I wonder how much it will cost to run the place annually.
Of course, talking about costs ignores the question of justice and the perception of the US by other countries. After all, we've only formally charged ten of the hundreds of inmates that have been imprisoned there and the Supreme Court has dismissed the administration's contention that military tribunals are constitutional.
Yes, all administrations lie. But, has any lied as much and as often as this one?
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