This is incredible.
Brandon Neely, a former Guantanomo Prison Guard, decided to join Facebook and upon signing up, begun searching for former army acquaintances. He came upon the profile of Shafiq Rasul, a former prisoner and decided to send him a message. To his astonishment, he received a reply.
The initial message spun into a longer conversation, eventually resulting in a face-to-face meeting.
The meeting was arranged by Gavin Lee, a BBC correspondent, who learned about the Facebook messages from Mr. Rasul, who lives in Britain. The BBC paid for Mr. Neely’s flight to the UK in exchange for the opportunity to record their initial meeting between Neely, Rasul and another former prisoner, Ruhal Ahmed.
Neely’s first words, “You look different without a cap.”
The former prisoner’s “You look different without the jump suits.”
Mr. Neely, has since granted confessional-style interviews about the abuses he says he witnessed there. In a message to Mr. Rasul, Mr. Neely apologized for his role in the imprisonment.
Like I said, incredible.
Watch the initial meeting below.
Hey, you transcribed that quote wrong. The prisoner said you look different without a cap and Neely said you look different without a jumpsuit.
Incredible indeed. Am I the only one that thinks it’s funny that the American guy is fat? :)
Neely’s first words, “You look different without a cap.”
The former prisoner’s “You look different without the jump suits.”
Probably the other way around; I assume the guard (Neely) didn’t wear jump suits ;)
Yes a phenomenal video.. glad someone set it up
you should watch “Road To Guantanamo”, these guys are in it, and it is a documentary on their experience – it’s not fake, they were well documented as having been wrongly imprisoned as the “Tipton 3″.
The simple misspelling of “Guantanomo” makes the entire story suspect as false…
what a great story and what i see in this picture is people who can still smile after all that horror.
Wow, nice one :)
What to say, I am deeply moved by this modern tech saga :)