Fortunately, a free press, an independent judiciary, and a pluralist legislature helped to hold for such practices up public debate. Obama has proclaimed that he will close the Guantánamo Bay detention facility within a year, and he has declassified the legal memos that were used to justify what is now widely regarded as torture of detainees.
幸运的是，在自由的媒体、独立的司法和多元的立法体系帮助下，这些举措被置于公众辩论之中。奥巴马宣称将在一年内关闭关塔纳摩湾的羁押设施，并将相关的法律备忘录公之于众。这些备忘录是用来开脱那些现在被认为是对被羁押者的折磨行为。