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And, yes, I DO take it personally: 14 detainees' first contact with the outside world in nearly 5 years
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006

14 detainees' first contact with the outside world in nearly 5 years

can you imagine...? your first contact with the outside world in nearly 5 years...? well, i can't...
Representatives from the International Committee of the Red Cross are scheduled to begin meetings Monday with the 14 terrorism suspects who were held for years in secret CIA custody, the detainees' first contact with the outside world since they were captured after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

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It is possible that, in such discussions, the Red Cross will become the first organization outside of the Bush administration to learn about the practices in the CIA-run facilities, including the interrogation techniques used. But the international agency's guidelines require the information to be completely confidential, meaning that the representatives will be able to directly raise their concerns only with U.S. authorities.

i'm quite frankly surprised that they're letting the icrc talk to them... i take it as a sign of the intense pressure the administration is under over this...

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