>>What we don't know is not necessarily bad, and there are things that all governments do not want you to know.
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>Hi J.
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>Good to see you back here.
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Hey Jim, thanks. I don't know if it's good to be back, getting myself into all this politicking.. (just kidding)

>The essence of "democracy" is that THE PEOPLE decide what's allowable and what's not. Anything of the nature of (institutionalized) prisons being secret is anathema to the concept of democracy.
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>cheers

If you notice the answers from officials they are declining to comment, as opposed to denying knowledge. I don't think these prisons were all that secret. Certainly not the one in Guantanamo bay which the article refers to.

But my bigger point is, let the prisons serve their purpose. (not abuse of course) In fact now I would also like to know who's been captured and what is happening to them, but for reasons unrelated to democratic rights of the people or humanitarian..