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Originally Posted by nawbut";p="
Here's the news: None of those tortured have been found guilty of anything. Very very few have even been charged with an offence. Most will never be charged - these are innocent.
Want some names (you'll be hearing them at your war crimes trial anyway); Moazzam Begg, Feroz Abbasi, Martin Mubanga, Richard Belmar, Maher Arar....the list goes on, there are literally hundreds of them.
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One is that Belmar was never tortured.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Belmar
Another is that several of those you list accuse the US of torture, but only Arar has found any evidence of this. Additionally, Abbasi, by his own admission, was not innocent.
That aside, they should have some sort of an independent review to ensure they are not holding innocent people. It sounds like 3 or possibly 4 of the 5 above were innocent. They should ensure that doesn't happen again by review and audit, and if they are found to be other instances then they'll have to consider more alternatives such as others are suggesting. I also think the UN should pay the cost, or a large part of it.