Pentagon Briefing Shows Guantanamo's 'Good' Side

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It must be hard to put the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a positive light, following recent detainee suicide attempts and the United Nations Committee Against Torture's recommendation that the camp be closed, but that's what the Pentagon is trying to do. According to US News & World Report, "Officials from the Joint Chiefs of Staff Detainee Affairs Section have worked up a new briefing and made presentations in recent months to some 3,000 people, including media representatives and members of Congress, stressing the strategic value of detainees at the prison camp." The briefing touts the camp's "decent food, healthcare, and literacy training for the inmates. Notwithstanding allegations of psychological and physical torture, officials say the biggest threats faced by many detainees are ... frequent sports injuries on Gitmo basketball courts." The briefing also says many detainees "help in identifying current al Qaeda operatives and supporters and in revealing favored bomb-making techniques."