Reply #92: I don't get it either really.

[jbnow]

If your story is true and you have the neighbor that was a guard and told you that, why not pass it on? Just like if he said bad things did happen, why not pass it on?

There is documentation that torture occurred there, but that doesn't mean always in every area of the camp and that all troops can see. I'm sure the worst things would be done around fewer people.

Or perhaps he saw some things against geneva convention that he was told was standard/approved for this group and he has no idea he saw wrong things. bush administration have opinion papers that Geneva doesn't apply there any more then bush orders it to.

Who knows? Your post didn't say a lot, which you already noted. If a neighbor ex-guard told me something I might pass it along as well.

The administration gives us reason to be very suspicious, even certain "bad" things happen there by not following what we expect every prison camp to follow. Not letting inspectors in, letting them talk to prisoners, all their papers about how they can torture as long as they can get around being charged with torture, some legal loophole out, the information we already have that is documented...well we have reason to doubt all is well there.

That doesn't mean an ex-guard couldn't say what you reported one said to you.