Red Alert
by matt at 5:00 am on June 20th, 2005 in Bush Man Date, War on Terror
A U.S. military policeman who was beaten by fellow MPs during a botched training drill at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, prison for detainees has sued the Pentagon for $15 million
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Spec. Sean Baker, 38, was assaulted in January 2003 after he volunteered to wear an orange jumpsuit and portray an uncooperative detainee.
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As he was being choked and beaten, Baker said, he screamed a code word, “red.”
A Few Good Men (1992)
West: I thought this code red shit wasn’t going on any-more.
Lawrence: With the marines at GITMO? Who the hell knows what goes on down there.
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Ross: Just flip to the page in that book that discusses code reds.Howard: Sir, you see, code red is a term we use–it’s just used down at GITMO, sir. I don’t know if it actually–
And while we’re on the subject, whatever drugs Aaron Sorkin was doing at the time he wrote this must have allowed him to see the future. Sound familiar?
Colonel Jessup: I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide, then questions the manner in which I provide it. I’d prefer you just said thank you and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon and stand a post. Either way, I don’t give a damn what you think you’re entitled to.
I think that very passage was in the President’s second inaugural. No?
**Previously under-appreciated movie vs. real life: “Do the Croc-a-Way”