After using a thousand towels, the radioactivity in each one would be pretty damn low even if that were the case.

Which incident was this? The guy in the article lived another 11 years and died of other causes.

I'm aware of some WWII accidents but none spring to mind with that teeth description.

Sounds like a good way to go out to me.

Can you die from being foul odored?

Jargon would require it to be technical and, y'know, correct.

I think the word we're looking for is "slang."

If the amount of radiation didn't even kill the guy, it sounds like razing the building and securely storing all the towels that touched him is a bit overkill.

...And by "a bit" I mean the other thing.

If they blew off the rules of the Geneva Conventions and then still expected to be treated according to them when captured, that would be undeniably two-faced (although the U.S. in general flouts a lot of the international treaties it has--or has refused to--signed so can't say it's surprising). Isn't a lot of the controversy that many of those held at Gitmo are not demonstrably guilty?

I didn't mean in an existing civilian prison per se; they could have a separate facility. Although naturally nobody would want that in their back yard.

To say that they voted in Hitler is grossly oversimplifying the issue. He was appointed--not elected--prime minister first.

So after Hitler had twisted Hindenburg's arm into making the Reichstag Fire Decree, they physically barred the opposing voters from entering the voting chamber and voting down the last barrier. But yeah, it was all democratic.

I'm interested to hear what you think the U.S. voters should have done if none of Bush, Gore, Kerry, Obama, McCain, or Romney were worth our votes (not that I really disagree with you on that point).

Inside the U.S. in a prison system or something that actually obeys the laws we've made for keeping prisoners. The whole point of Gitmo is that it's not inside the U.S. so we don't have to follow our own rules, right?

FTFY

So *that's* what the ??? always stands for! It all makes so much sense in retrospect.

*eliciting

You both have a point, but you don't need to be so in our faces about it. They have entire teams of people working on making interfaces more friendly.

Just because he broke local laws doesn't mean the U.S. isn't also out to get him.

Interesting link, but the article doesn't say they hijacked the aircraft, only that they boarded and confirmed there were prisoners onboard.

I'm also trying to figure out what they mean by "carried out without the knowledge of the Americans." If the Americans knew about it, why would the Swedes even bother going in undercover? Unless they knew about it and chose to do nothing I suppose, since it sounds like it was on Swedish soil.

Gitmo shouldn't exist at all. The fact that is does means I don't assume those in charge will studiously adhere to their guidelines about who they can and can't illegally detain there.