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title: ""Secret prisons are operating in the United States today. Many…"
date: 2017-01-19
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# "Secret prisons are operating in the United States today. Many…

*January 19, 2017 · Facebook*

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[http://ideas.ted.com/a-brief-history-of-secret-prisons-in-the-united-states/](http://ideas.ted.com/a-brief-history-of-secret-prisons-in-the-united-states/){target="_blank"}
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\"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.\
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Today, under the ever-growing banner of national security and the "War on Terrorism," that trend has continued in secrecy.\"\
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[http://ideas.ted.com/a-brief-history-of-secret-prisons-in-the-united-states/](http://ideas.ted.com/a-brief-history-of-secret-prisons-in-the-united-states/){target="_blank"}
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