George Monbiot: The survivors' stories leave no doubt: Guantánamo makes us all less safe | Comment is free | The Guardian

George Monbiot: The survivors' stories leave no doubt: Guantánamo makes us all less safe | Comment is free | The Guardian: "In reading the histories of Guantánamo, and of the kidnappings, extrajudicial detention and torture the US government (helped by the United Kingdom) has pursued around the world, two things become clear. The first is that these practices do not supplement effective investigation and prosecution; they replace them. Instead of a process which generates evidence, assesses it and uses it to prosecute, the US has deployed a process that generates nonsense and is incapable of separating the guilty from the innocent. The second is that far from protecting innocent lives, this process is likely to deliver further atrocities. Even if you put the ethics of such treatment to one side, it is surely evident that it makes the world more dangerous."