"Secret prisons are operating in the United States today. Many Americans I speak with don’t believe this could possibly be true, and think that such human rights abuses only occur in foreign countries. But the reality is that the United States has a dark history of disproportionately punishing people because of their political views, a history that has largely been ignored or forgotten.
Today, under the ever-growing banner of national security and the “War on Terrorism,” that trend has continued in secrecy."
http://ideas.ted.com/a-brief-history-of-secret-prisons-in-the-united-states/
Today, under the ever-growing banner of national security and the “War on Terrorism,” that trend has continued in secrecy."
http://ideas.ted.com/a-brief-history-of-secret-prisons-in-the-united-states/