Republican (fascist/socialist) President George W. Bush publicly acknowledges that the Central Intelligence Agency is operating a Soviet style gulag archipelago of secret prisons round the world.

       [added 8/22/2020]

Subsequent Events:

10/2/2006                    2/14/2007                    6/7/2007

References:

William Fisher | Rights Groups Report on Ghost Prisoners
antiwar.com/ips/fisher.php?articleid=12747

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,166,393,613,679

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