Obama Administration Doesnt Want Anyone Seeing the Guantnamo Force-Feeding VideosBy Derrick Broze In October 2014, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler ruled the Obama administration had to unseal video tapes related to the force-feeding of Abu Wael Dhiab, who was still being held without charge at the military prison in Guantnamo Bay, Cuba. Dhiab was kidnapped by the Pakistani government in 2002 before he was handed over to the United States on suspicion of terrorism. At the end of 2014, after twelve years behind bars without trial, Abu Wael Dhiab was finally released to Uruguay. The violence and forced-feeding procedures have caused permanent damage to his health and he is now confined to a wheelchair. The videos in question show Dhiab subjected to violent forced cell extraction and force-feeding. The force-feeding sessions began after he refused to eat. Dhiabs lawyers allege he was subject to this process over 1,300 times. He had been protesting his treatment and conditions at the prison by participating in an ongoing hunger strike in 2013. The strike grew to 100 detainees in the facility at one point. After several appeals and delays, Judge Kessler gave the Obama administration until January 22, 2016 to release 11 hours of footage. However, on Thursday, lawyers with the U.S. Department of Justice said they will appeal the judges order. The Intercept reported: In a notice filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., lawyers for the Justice Department said that they would appeal the judges order to release the tapes. The government has previously said that the videos are properly classified, and that if released, they might inflame Muslim sensitivities overseas. Its disappointing that yet again Obamas lawyers have suppressed the evidence that shows most eloquently why the president is right, and Guantnamo ought to close, Cori Crider, an attorney with the human rights group Reprieve, said in a statement. Crider, who has seen the tapes, said they would make your blood run cold. There are currently still 91 detainees incarcerated at Guantnamo. The Washington Post previously reported that Judge Kessler called the abuse of prisoners held without charges a burning, controversial issue in this country. The importance of releasing the videotapes to the public in order to enlighten the citizenry and improve perceptions of the proceedings fairness, cannot be overstated, he said. This article (Obama Admin Doesnt Want Anyone Seeing the Guantanamo Force-Feeding Videos) is free and open source. You have permission to republish this article under aCreative Commons license with attribution to Derrick Broze and theAntiMedia.org. Anti-Media Radio airs weeknights at 11pm Eastern/8pm Pacific. Image credit: Justin Norman. If you spot a typo, email edits@theantimedia.org. He promised to close GITMO back in 2008 I always believed the original plan for Guantanamo was the liquidation of opponents of the US empire, not only fighters captured in the field but also spokesmen and fundraisers, and not just Muslims. Likely the liquidations would have followed show trials and an appeals process to give them an air of legality. I think the only thing that prevented this was the strength of the resistance to the US, and to just murder opponents would invite direct reprisals against US politicians in DC. If ever the US becomes unassailable Im sure Guantanamo will exterminate prisoners because there would be nobody to stop it. If he fought against our forces why are we even feeding him. military trial and execution. For all the retards in the audience, lets get something clear once and for all. Jeffery Dahmer was a killer, Aileen Wuornos was a killer. Although these individuals killed many people, they were killers not terrorists. Goblins, Gnomes, Bogeyman, and Terrorists dont exist. A terrorist is a fathom invented by the globalists to make you believe that this fathom is everywhere, he may even be your neighbor oh-me-oh-my! 