Body Cavity Search the President!

Dear Mr. President,

The latest humiliation and mistreatment of Guantanamo hunger strikers is a body cavity search before and after any type of contact with their lawyers. Not only is Guantanamo itself a crime against humanity and a national shame, but it’s getting worse. You signed an order to shut it down 4½ years ago and it’s still open. You could end the nightmare but you won’t and because of your indifference, 166 prisoners languish in the American hell of indefinite detention—no charges, no trials and no hope. Most of the men have been cleared for release by two administrations but nothing happens. Last month you acted as if you cared about this injustice but nothing’s changed. All you care about is that they don’t die on your watch so you permit forced feeding, yet another form of torture and humiliation. You, the big-shot Nobel Peace Prize winner. You should be subjected to a body cavity search yourself, Mr. President. Before and after each press conference. Before and after each meeting with your cabinet. Before and after each meeting with heads of state. Before any future military action—war, police action, humanitarian mission, whatever you call it—in Syria, Iran, North Korea… let’s see what you’re hiding. Those secret justifications for assassinating American citizens without a trial—where are they? The secret deals you cut with Republicans, corporate moguls and tyrants around the world—let’s see what’s going on behind closed doors. Let’s make sure you’re not hiding something we need to know. Actually, everyone in your administration should have a body cavity search before and after every meeting and every congressional hearing. Attorney General Holder needs a body cavity search immediately—the warrantless search of AP phone calls. The truth about the April 4/5 air strikes in Afghanistan that killed 9 women and 11 children? A body cavity search of Gen. Joseph Dunford! What countries are CIA drones and operatives killing people in? A body cavity search of John Brennan! Reid, Boehner, Pelosi, Cantor, the entire Congress… call in the Marine guard from Guantanamo and body cavity search the lot of ‘em! Let’s go to the dark side as Cheney says, and get to the bottom of things, dislodge those dirty secrets, the backdoor deals, the graft, the corruption, Let’s see what all you folks inside the beltway are hiding from We the People. Transparency, that’s what freedom and democracy demands. Let’s shine some light in those dark recesses of the body politic!