American Hypocrisy

In the news today is an article about espionage charges the Cuban government have brought against US 'contractor' Alan Gross. I have no idea if the man is guilty or not and I guess time will tell but what really caught my eye was a statement from US State Department spokesman Charles Luoma-Overstreet. He said:

"We deplore the Cuban government's announcement that Cuban prosecutors intend to seek a 20-year sentence against Mr Gross... He has been held without charges for more than a year, contrary to all international human rights obligations and commitments regarding justice and due process."

Yes, this is a spokesman for the government which imprisoned people at Guantanamo Bay without charge for years at a time; which tortured and degraded people in prisons in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay; which kidnapped people and flew them to 'black sites'; and which has members of congress demanding Julian Assange be tried for treason (even though he's not an American) and executed for merely bringing the truth to light. And now a spokesman for this corrupt, malignant government has the audacity to condemn Cuba for holding an accused spy without charge for "... more than a year". HYPOCRITES!

For the record, I am also outraged that someone could be held in prison without charge for such an unreasonable length of time but the American government is the last group that should be opening their mouths about this.