I was listening to a radio broadcast about El Chapo Guzman, and it was discussing the prison conditions that he will face in solitary confinement at the Supermax facility in Colorado. As described by a former prisoner and a former prison guard, solitary entails a constant battle to remain human.

And it reminded me of our post-9/11 conversations about things like "enhanced interrogation," “extraterritorial rendition,” and “targeted killing.”

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