A first draft. The lines are for the UK, Belgium, France, Austria and Germany (which just passed Portugal).
I think one can see fairly consistent exponential decay across countries. The last peak is due to the Guardian, and one can also see the effect of today's mentions in the German press.
Note that "region" is not "nationality". A lot of the "France" signatures are British citizens. We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo
and I mentioned it on a web site earlier today
But I think people still don't know the truth about rendition - which is that Afghanis and Iraqis were picked up off the streets more or less at random, flown to Gitmo, and tortured for no reason at all.
Bush needed someone to fill their jail. If he couldn't find Bin Laden, pretty much anyone at all would do as a PR substitute.
And the man who supported this barbarism wants the top job in Europe?
Not. Going. To. Happen.
What do you mean? We've known pretty much immediately after it happened that Afghans around Mazar-i-Sharif were sold to US troops during Operation Enduring Freedom.
We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo
Gitmo is beyond grand guignol - ethically and legally it's a complete farce.
