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SADO-MASOCHISTIC BEST-seller ’50 Shades of Grey’ is popular reading among high-value detainees at Guantanamo, officials told a visiting congressional delegation.
“Rather than the Koran, the book that is requested most by the (Camp Seven detainees) is ‘Fifty Shades of Grey,’” House Democrat Jim Moran said, in comments confirmed today by his spokeswoman.
“They’ve read the entire series in English,” said Moran, who supports moves to close the US detention facility in southeastern Cuba. “I guess there’s not much going on. These guys are going nowhere, so what the hell.”
The unexpected ‘Fifty Shades’ revelation reportedly came during a tour that delegation members took with the base commander, the chief medical officer, and the officer in charge of once-secret Camp Seven, the most secure part of the Guantanamo facility.
British author EL James has sold more than 70 million copies of her erotic romance trilogy of novels, which depict the use of handcuffs and blindfolds during sex.
Camp Seven is maximum security, and its high-value detainees — including five men accused in the September 11, 2001 terror attacks — are often hooded and handcuffed when transferred to other parts of the facility.
Journalists are allowed to visit Guantanamo, where detainees have access to censored reading material and movies, but Camp Seven is off limits.
“We don’t discuss our high-value detainees except in the most generic terms,” Lieutenant Colonel Todd Breasseale told HuffPost. “Further, we do not discuss the assertions made by members of Congress.”
Moran’s spokeswoman said the lawmaker “does not care” what the high-value detainees are reading.
Most held there have never been charged or tried, and 70 detainees were taking part in a hunger strike as of July 23, with 46 of them being fed through nasal tubes, according to the military.
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No.harm in asking I suppose
Unless the refusal causes offence.
Refer to your water bill.
someone had to get a water reference in…. how original!
iw is great it will put many a sitting td on the dole!
Technical error? you mean some tax man did his job properly and billed them for what they should be paying without the discount. I’d say he’s licking stamps now.
Better get some high paid consultants in to sort out this problem
oops indeed. …how about they ask the huge mnc s operating here to pay fair taxes instead of putting so much on the shoulders of workers?
Chancing their arm as usual id say katie some extra pocket money for the boys… probably running low after the champagne summer holliers
Aaaah Ireland… Sigh…
I have no strong opinions on this story.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz……
I’m sorry for letting you down.
I enjoy fine wine, fine cheese and a fine troll. You Katie are none of the above.
I’m sorry conor. My heart just wasn’t in it this time.
Girl if you don’t come up with some new material soon, you’ll never get off that €50 a week scheme
Now that is a strong opinion.
Look and learn Katie.
Is anyone shocked ?? Revenue in this country is a joke. And it was not a system error, anyone that sold land in the 80′s got letter’s looking for up to 20k Irish even if the land went for 50p.
Revenue have done this for decades, throw out a few lines and a fish will always bite. Scam artist’s.
I’m willing to bet the red thumbs never had to actually deal with the Revenue.
have your say