Money for Torture

An article from the BBC announced that around a dozen British citizens or residents who have been detained at Guantanamo Bay will be compensated. Why? For the supposed torture of the detainees at the prison. But, according to the report, some of these men were even tortured prior to being sent to Guantanamo Bay. This case will be settled out of the court system, as it is thought that the government wishes to avoid an expensive trial that may cause questioning of the country's secret service forces. The prime minister had announced earlier this year that he no longer wished the integrity of Britain's secret service to be overshadowed by these torture allegations. July of this year saw the release of some 500,000 documents relating to the incident, yet the amount of the settlement is currently in confidentiality.

Posted by: Zach Porlier