"Suspects"

The Bush administration is preparing lifetime imprisonment for suspects whom they do not want to set free or turn over to courts in the United States, including the hundreds of people now in military and CIA custody whom the government does not have enough evidence to charge in courts. The administration is concerned that the government lacks sufficient evidence to convict these suspects in court even though they remain a danger to U.S. interests.



Let's be clear:

1) we grabbed them because we thought they were suspicious;



2) we don't have evidence to prove they are guilty of anything;



3) there's a danger that the courts would set the innocent free;



4) so we'll just keep them locked up forever.

However, those who are imprisoned for life may be the lucky ones. The administration is also expanding a policy of "rendition" under which the U.S. transfers captured suspects to other countries where they can be tortured and killed outside of U.S. law.



What country is this anyway? Maybe check Alexander Solzenytsin's Gulag Archipelago and compare notes. But watch your step! You wouldn't want to do anything that the Bush administration might view as "suspicious" ... like buying a book written by an insurgent.



Washington post - Long-Term Plan Sought For Terror Suspects