Current prisoner situation reminds me of Costa-Gavras "Missing".

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

The film is about the Pinochet coup in Chile. The late great Jack Lemmon plays a white collar Repub type whose lefty (photojournalist?) son goes missing during this event and undergoes a journey of discovery dealing with various U.S. Embassy and Chilean types while searching for his son, and learns the fate of many "disappeareds".

There is a chilling speech from one of the Embassy types to the Lemmon character about the things that go on to allow him to live his wonderful suburban life that most Americans have no knowledge of (and probably prefer to keep it that way). Also about things that happen when you hang around in bad neighborhoods.

It's sad, but I feel that many if not most Americans, at least those who are shrubco supporters, are very much like those happy suburban Americans described by the ambassador in the movie. They really don't want to know, but they are starting to not have the choice not to know with the publication of the photos. THAT IS WHY ALL PHOTOS AND VIDEOS MUST BE RELEASED AND NOT DESTROYED.

[LittleApple81]

1. Levin (D) and Graham (Repug) agree with you. Amazing, isn't it?

That a repug essentially says we need to show everybody what went on. And the correct the problems that lead us there in public and clearly. He knows this is the only way we might be able to salvage some of our reputation from the mess it is in right now.

[Cleita]

2. Also read "The House of Spirits" by Isabella Allende.

She deals with the prison tortures during Pinochet's purges especially what was done to the women. Isabella, incidentally, is the niece of President Salvador Allende of Chile, who was assassinated in the coup, which had been orchestrated by the CIA and Henry Kissinger, who was Secretary of the State under Nixon then.

[pretzel4gore]

3. you're right....

but how soon the lesson was forgotten....fascism is evil, always has been....

[PurityOfEssence]

4. What you REALLY need to see is "State of Siege"

This is Costa-Gavras' movie about CIA torture in Uruguay to support a military dictatorship. Members of the crew were killed after filming by shadowy right-wing elements.

This movie should immediately be resurrected to show that torture isn't some odd hobby by bored lowlife hillbillies, but a fine old American tradition.