| NY Times article describes DOD request for funds to build a new detainee facility in Afghanistan to replace the current one at Bagram. Current population is more than twice that of Gitmo, which counts 270. Article explains conditions, years of incarceration, some methods for reinstating some people into society. Issues: Cost, long-term plans, global terror policy, and human rights. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.
