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The news organizations had argued that it was in the public interest to see how the government was treating the men whom the United States is holding in open-ended detention without trial and force-feeding to keep alive.
But the government argued that the videos could be used in propaganda to incite violence against Americans and to recruit terrorists.
It's almost as if we shouldn't treat prisoners in a way that feeds into ISIS propaganda, isn't it?
It's almost as if we shouldn't treat prisoners in a way that feeds into ISIS propaganda, isn't it?
That's just crazy talk. I mean, at least they're not force-feeding them bible passages, right?