Well here is an interview on "This American Life" (a radio show aired on NPR) that was produced last year, and won awards. They have re-released it with updates about a few of the many men who were mistakenly detained and tortured.
Not in the mood for something depressing?
Don't worry, it is actually funny. Ira Glass is like that.
These guys were totally innocent(big surprise), but sold by Pakistanis to collect the American bounty.
One of the guys they detained was a joke writer (for the Pashtu version of The Onion), and the other a rich Bahrainian 19 yr old who spent Spring Break in Daytona Beach with his college buddies (he attended college in Virginia- remind me not to vacation in Pakistan!)
The good news is that they were released after four years.
and there is an amusing part of the show by a bbc reporter about the origin of Habeous Corpus in the 1600's.
Go to this link http://thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Archive.aspx?year=2007#4
and choose the show called "Habeous Schmabeous"
If the link doesn't get you there just go to http://thisamericanlife.org and look in archive for 2007 shows in April.
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