The Guantánamo Testimonials Project was initiated in the Fall of 2005 by The UC Davis Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas (CSHRA), in an attempt "to assess the effects of the U.S. war on terror on human rights in the Americas".

In December 2008, Brandon Neely, former U.S. Army Specialist in the 410th military police company, who was honorably discharged, contacted the CSHRA, desiring to testify as to what he'd witnessed and been part of at Guantanamo Bay. The 410th military police company was stationed at Guantanamo Bay when the first GWOT detainees arrived. What follows is a short excerpt from Brandon Neely's testimony:

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The Washington Times published an article about how Republicans have begun to use the internet properly. Amusingly, it highlights Congressional Republicans' use of Twitter.

Republicans finally get it - and have jumped on Internet technology in hopes of dominating it in the same way they used talk radio in the early 1990s to build a following.

"Every time I send out a tweet, I'm throwing another shovel of dirt to help bury the old media," said Rep. John Culberson of Texas, a 52-year-old Republican who became one of the most quoted speakers at the Republican National Committee tech summit Friday.

Of the 219 congressional Republicans, 49 were using Twitter, while 27 of 317 Democrats were using it as of Monday, according to Tweet Congress (www.tweetcongress.org). The site tracks use of Twitter, a social messaging Web site that allows microblog text entries of 140 characters or less, known as tweets.

Christina Bellantoni, "GOP surpasses Dems on Twitter", Washington Times, February 17, 2009

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