International Law

Gitmo - the China Connection?

By Stan

Apparently U.S.-China relations are much better than I thought. From ABC News:

U.S. military personnel at Guantanamo Bay allegedly softened up detainees at the request of Chinese intelligence officials who had come to the island facility to interrogate the men — or they allowed the Chinese to dole out the treatment themselves, according to claims in a new government report.

I honestly don’t know where to go with this story - or whether it’s even true. I do wonder what the political spin, if any, will be in the U.S. Unfortunately it appears to be a halfway decent opportunity for Democrats to score some points against the Bush Administration, raising additional fears about China at the same time.

Full post as published by China Hearsay on May 23, 2008 (boomark / email).