By Daphne Eviatar  Jan 28, 2009

As President Obama talks about building up U.S. forces in Afghanistan, it raises the inevitable question about what he’s going to do with the 600 prisoners the United States is holding at the prison at the Bagram air base - a new prison to hold 1000 more detainees will go forward.

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U.S. District Judge John Bates ordered the Pentagon to produce information about just how many of those 600 men and boys were picked up outside of Afghanistan.  Well, the Defense Department responded to Bates, but the answer?

It’s blacked out.

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What is the government hiding, and why is Judge Bates letting it get away with it? 

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full story at the Washington Independent (link )