[Skel]

Check this out from the NY Slimes:

Bargaining to empty the Guantánamo Bay prison:

When American diplomats pressed other countries to resettle detainees, they became reluctant players in a State Department version of “Let’s Make a Deal.”

Slovenia was told to take a prisoner if it wanted to meet with President Obama,

While the island nation of Kiribati was offered incentives worth millions of dollars to take in a group of detainees, cables from diplomats recounted. The Americans, meanwhile, suggested that accepting more prisoners would be “a low-cost way for Belgium to attain prominence in Europe.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/29/world/29cables.html?_r=2&hp

[maggief]

What a deal!

OMG