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Where Are the Detainees? Hundreds of “Alligator Alcatraz” Prisoners Disappear from ICE Database
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It's operating on top of a federal airstrip (yes, located in the middle of the Everglades) that was used as a staging ground for CIA extraordinary renditions.
That airstrip has ALWAYS been used for doing what they're doing now—they've just scaled up operations. It's ALWAYS been a 'disappearing people' center. Seriously.
The government started construction on it forever ago (it was initially supposed to be a 39 square mile international airport) but construction halted and they decided to just keep it for classified CIA/FBI/military activities. Source: am Floridian and also "Wilderness on the Edge: A History of Everglades National Park" by Robert W. Blythe.
We've always been the baddies. :( :(
Well, I dunno about always, but things certainly have gone down hill after WWII. But, I feel the Native Americans would disagree with me.
We have sometimes been a force for good but we have never, and can never, atone for the genocide and slavery this nation is built on. That specter of cruelty haunts us and manifests in many ways. The loss of indigenous peoples. The failure of Reconstruction. Constant meddling in foreign governments. Every fight for equal rights and fair treatment is an echo of the foundation of an inherently unjust country.
Not great, but I assumed they were feeding them to the alligators