Department of Defense Website & Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

The department of defense website is a mess. It's hard to navigate. There are countless broken links and if you want to find any information about what's going on in Guantanamo Bay and the detainees it's impossible to find any images using their search engine.



The search engine won't even find images using the "military language" for Guantanamo Bay-- Camp Delta or Gitmo.



But if you work hard enough you can find a featured photo essay on Gitmo here Guantanamo Bay Photo Essay at http://www.defenselink.mil/home/features/gitmo/

There are a few other "approved" links on Detainee Affairs, located here Detainee Affairs Links at http://www.defenselink.mil/news/detainees.html

And here are the images, you can click on the links here:



Oh, and if you want to leave a comment? That's not possible.



The detainee transcripts are located here Combatant Tribunal Transcripts Links at http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Combatant_Tribunals.html

They're very interesting, well worth the read. They've even uploaded an audio recording of the most recently released detainee transcript here Combatant Tribunal Audio at http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Faraj%20Redacted%20Audio.mp3

It's kind of creepy to listen to the pauses. I'll post more specifically about the transcripts soon.

I think what's most disgusting, though, is how difficult information is to find on the Department of Defense (DoD) website. In a time when we're increasingly reliant on the engines doing the searching it's of special note what cannot be found.

It's also a reminder that you still need to look to find what neeeds to be seen.