Meanwhile, Cheney says Gitmo Prisoners 'Well Fed', 'Living in the Tropics'
By Brad Friedman on 6/24/2005, 2:27pm PT  

It must be Friday. Just breaking from the AFP...

Washington has for the first time acknowledged to the UN that prisoners have been tortured at US detention centres in Guantanamo Bay, as well as Afghanistand and Iraq, a UN source said.

The acknowledgement was made in a report submitted to the UN Committee against Torture, said a member of the ten-person panel, speaking on on condition of anonymity.

The US mission to the UN institutions in Geneva was unavailable for comment on the report late Friday..

UN sources said it was the first time the world body has received such a frank statement on torture from US authorities.

Meanwhile...Dick Cheney remains in Fantasy Land and wants us to know that there's nothing to worry about, since Gitmo prisoners are "well fed" and "living in the tropics"...

We can only hope that Mr. Cheney finds himself taking advantage of such enjoyable digs himself some day.

(Hat tip Desi for the usual keen Friday eye!)

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