Sadism

On top of an AP report that most of the 360 detainees released from Guantanamo to custody in other countries have been released without any charges being filed, we have a report this morning in the NY Times saying that their planning to get tough with the remaining detainees:

After two years in which the military sought to manage terrorism suspects at Guantánamo with incentives for good behavior, steady improvements in their living conditions and even dialogue with prison leaders, the authorities here have clamped down decisively in recent months.

Security procedures have been tightened. Group activities have been scaled back. With the retrofitting of Camp 6 and the near-emptying of another showcase camp for compliant prisoners, military officials said about three-fourths of the detainees would eventually be held in maximum-security cells. That is a stark departure from earlier plans to hold a similar number in medium-security units.

Officials said the shift reflected the military’s analysis — after a series of hunger strikes, a riot last May and three suicides by detainees in June — that earlier efforts to ease restrictions on the detainees had gone too far. [emphasis added]

Now, that certainly makes a whole lot of sense. Their lives are so terrible that they are committing suicide, so our answer is to make their lives even worse? This justs sound like we're a bunch of sadists.