i don't want to be subtle about it

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Or you can read my somewhat more in-yer-face version:

SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 2010
US releases Bagram prisoner names

The United States has published the names of 645 prisoners held at a controversial US-run prison in Afghanistan following a freedom of information lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

Despite previous refusals to identify those held in the jail at Bagram, the ACLU received the list of names on Saturday after their request for documents related to the detention and treatment of prisoners at the base was PARTIALLY accepted.

Melissa Goodman, a lawyer for ACLU, said the publication of the list was "an important STEP TOWARD transparency and accountability at the secretive Bagram prison" BUT THAT VITAL INFORMATION WAS STILL MISSING.

"Full transparency and accountability about Bagram requires disclosing how long these people have been imprisoned, where they are from and whether they were captured far from any battlefield or in other countries far from Afghanistan," she said.

A separate letter released by the US defence department on Friday said a "very small number" of prisoners were UNDER 16 years of age, the Associated Press news agency reported.

'Unprecedented'

Ramzi Kassem, a law professor at City University of New York, told AP that the decision to release the names was significant. "This is completely unprecedented, we've never had access to the list," he said.

Kassem represents Amin al-Bakri, a Yemeni national, who was CAPTURED IN THAILAND AND THEN SENT TO BAGRAM. In his case, a federal judge in Washington ruled that only those Bagram prisoners captured outside Afghanistan could file suit in the US.

US President Barack Obama's administration is appealing against the decision [...DESPITE HOW UNAMERICAN—HOW AGAINST THE OATH OF OFFICE—IT IS TO DO SUCH A THING].

Bagram, north of the Afghan capital, Kabul, has been used as a detention facility by the US-led coalition in Afghanistan since the ouster of the Taliban government in December 2001.

First off, I don't think this is anywhere near the total number of prisoners there. Why on EARTH wouldn't Obama want to let in as many serious aid workers and human rights advocates as wanted to come in and make sure everyone there was being treated fairly and humanely?

SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?
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