PBS has a half-hour documentary online called 'Extraordinary Rendition' which is about the somewhat forgotten story of what are called 'black sites'. These secret prisons located in various locations around the world, including Poland and Kenya, were and are used to hold and interrogate suspected terrorists. Given the covert nature of these prisons and the fact that they are not in the USA, I think it's fairly safe to assume that prisoners are being tortured there.
What is most disturbing to me about the Bush administration is not the fact that they are tough as nails on terrorism, or even that they went to war on a pretext. Actually, what disturbs me the most about the Bush administration is the shameless way in which they repeatedly attempt to circumvent the democratic system and the rule of law. Whether it's warrantless wiretapping, setting up a military prison in a legally ambiguous location like Guantanamo Bay, or these black sites, time and again they have shown that they will go to great lengths to avoid having to deal with petty issues like the Constitution.
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