In the end, the feeling that i get from this portrait of Guantanamo is of a disturbing emptiness. Dispite the sctrict control by the us military, the result of Pellegrin effort is remarcable. good work.

I would like to express my respect to Paolo for the work he has done here. He has taken something extremely difficult to translate visually and worked with the limitations to create a document which aids in our understanding of the controversy which is Guantanamo. It is a tremendous body of work and sets a standard for journalistic integrity. He also succeeds in raising questions which challenge the current US administration's entire moral stance for their so-called "war on terror".

Guantanamo is not, it seems to me, primarily a detention and interrogation center. It is a symbol of dehumanization, for both interrogators and especially their wretched subjects. The place stinks of inhumanity, in the same way that French centers in the 1950's where they "interrogated" and often tortured and executed Algerians stank. Such symbols of dehumanization express the banality of evil. What Guantanamo represents is not just unjust treatment of detainees. It represents a policy of institutionalized dehumanization, and in the end, it corrups not just those who embrace it (interrogators, the government, and public supporters), but the entire American nation. Guantanamo is a blight on the conscience of mankind. Thanks for the impressive slide.

To answer the above questioner: there are many Americans who strongly disapprove of torture and warmongering, and ridicule and shame the leaders. The problem is that we have an imperial president who disregards what most of his citizens want or think. Of course, I doubt Bush would have been able to keep getting away with what he has if press freedom wasn't so limited in the U.S. and propaganda and manipulation so high.

And of course, these two things put together, one begs the question, Is a degree of intelligence worth it?